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By freeperson DIAMOND
Burlington, Vermont

Scarred and beautiful An image to behold Lines dripping down a face Made of the finest, purest gold. Tainted and dead An image at to shiver Across that golden face Runs th...
freeperson DIAMOND, Burlington, Vermont
59 articles 0 photos 229 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Have you seen the way he looks at you, the way his expression softens and his eyes are like stars...?" - Ara Weston


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By FinnWinterfall GOLD
Rochester, Massachusetts
FinnWinterfall GOLD, Rochester, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There, there."

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By theblondechick GOLD
Kingsport, Tennessee
theblondechick GOLD, Kingsport, Tennessee
14 articles 0 photos 104 comments

Favorite Quote:
I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. <br /> And I am horribly limited. <br /> -Sylvia Path

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By sharkie GOLD
Singapore, Other
sharkie GOLD, Singapore, Other
13 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;That was his mistake right there. Writers aren&#039;t supposed to be vulnerably bare and ardently honest; we&#039;re supposed to be ironic, offhand, self-deprecating, deflectingly clever, stingingly derisive, and act as if we&#039;re all in this apart.&quot;

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By Honour SILVER
New London, Connecticut
Honour SILVER, New London, Connecticut
9 articles 0 photos 181 comments

Favorite Quote:
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. ~John 15:13<br /> <br /> &quot;Give me liberty or give me death!&quot; ~Patrick Henry<br /> <br /> Be brave and steadfast; have no fear or dread of them, for it is the Lord, your God, who marches with you; he will never fail you or forsake you. ~ Deuteronomy 31:6<br /> <br /> &quot;I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery&quot; ~ Thomas Jefferson

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By deafening-fan GOLD
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
deafening-fan GOLD, Kutztown, Pennsylvania
10 articles 1 photo 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.&rdquo; <br /> ― J.R.R. Tolkien

Forever-A-Camper BRONZE, Blacksburg, Virginia
3 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.

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By EthicalDilemma SILVER
San Luis Obispo, California
EthicalDilemma SILVER, San Luis Obispo, California
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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By Equals PLATINUM
Somewhere, New Jersey
Equals PLATINUM, Somewhere, New Jersey
24 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Lyrics that I create are only lyrics until someone else uses them.

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By GreyGirl ELITE
Pohang,Kyungbuk, Other
GreyGirl ELITE, Pohang,Kyungbuk, Other
170 articles 122 photos 391 comments