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By Maraina BRONZE
Marble Hill, Missouri

As heading out yo meet the cold chill morning air, I grab my ice skates to go out and do my dare, standing out there scared to death, what if I fall what about Beth, w...
Maraina BRONZE, Marble Hill, Missouri
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

IfLifeGivesYouLemons PLATINUM, Sacramento, California
37 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life

#1963 Poetry
Delaney_Dvorsky BRONZE, Miami, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Those who have a soft heart in a cruel world are not weak, but the strongest of us"

#1964 Poetry
By BrendanWrites SILVER
Browns Summit, North Carolina
BrendanWrites SILVER, Browns Summit, North Carolina
8 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is more suffering than pleasure. But the good parts are worth living for."

#1965 Poetry
By Babybearcub PLATINUM
West Linn, Oregon
Babybearcub PLATINUM, West Linn, Oregon
24 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There&#039;s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line&quot; -Oscar Levant<br /> <br /> &quot;You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.&quot; -Winston Churchill

#1966 Poetry
By Chris2A GOLD
Franklin, Tennessee
Chris2A GOLD, Franklin, Tennessee
12 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am STRONG because I am weak...<br /> I am kind because I am mean...<br /> I am a lover because I&#039;m a fighter...<br /> I am fearless because I&#039;ve been afraid...<br /> I am WISE because I have been foolish...<br /> ...I live because I&#039;ve died...<br /> ...And LAUGH because I&#039;ve cried...

#1967 Poetry
heather_marie PLATINUM, Deshler, Ohio
21 articles 2 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
\\\&quot;Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control

#1968 Poetry
By AartiK. SILVER
Plano, Texas
AartiK. SILVER, Plano, Texas
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind&quot; Gandhi

#1969 Poetry
ThisGirlWillMakeMistakes PLATINUM, Raymore, Missouri
23 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t cry because it&#039;s over,<br /> Smile because it happened.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> -Dr. Suess

#1970 Poetry
By c_doc24 SILVER
Lafayette, New Jersey
c_doc24 SILVER, Lafayette, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Not all who wander are lost."