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By BriarRose PLATINUM
Seneca, Illinois

Their faces are blank, their eyes are glazed over, and their jaws are dropped so low that a family of owls could roost inside. You feel like you’re having a chat with a brick wall...
BriarRose PLATINUM, Seneca, Illinois
24 articles 7 photos 161 comments

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I don't need a rose. I want a daisy you picked for my hair. I don't want some fancy box of chocolate. I want a pink frosting cookie you made just for me. Lets skip the upscale restaraunt and have a picnic in the park.


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By Clare Hover BRONZE
Mason, Ohio
Clare Hover BRONZE, Mason, Ohio
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By choreographer218 SILVER
Prairie Village, Kansas
choreographer218 SILVER, Prairie Village, Kansas
8 articles 3 photos 11 comments

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Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
-- Earl Wilson

Laugh-it-Out PLATINUM, Brooklyn, New York, New York
38 articles 0 photos 445 comments

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"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light" --Dylan Thomas

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By RosinaMarie BRONZE
Milford, Connecticut
RosinaMarie BRONZE, Milford, Connecticut
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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"Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the disheveled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame." W.B. Yeats

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By Anonymous
N.Sweet GOLD, Roslyn Heights, New York
10 articles 0 photos 15 comments

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"I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes to you, to make each day count." -- Jack Dawson, Titanic

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By akiqueen SILVER
Arlington Heights, Illinois
akiqueen SILVER, Arlington Heights, Illinois
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By KayLovegood GOLD
Eagle Pass, Texas
KayLovegood GOLD, Eagle Pass, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 5 comments

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"It matters not what someone is born, but they grow up to be" -Albus Dumbledore