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By JoPepper PLATINUM
Annandale, Virginia

I was told that sticks and bones break our bones, but words don't hurt us, what does that person know? Because I know that everybody knows a place, where the sun won...
JoPepper PLATINUM, Annandale, Virginia
35 articles 0 photos 782 comments

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&quot;Freedom is the ability to not care what the other person thinks.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Not all those who wander are lost&quot; --JRR Tolkien<br /> <br /> &quot;When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.&quot; --Jose&#039; Bergamin


Touchstone BRONZE, Calcutta, Other
2 articles 0 photos 20 comments

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Two roads Diverged in a wood.... <br /> And i chose the one less trodden black....

PerfectMGymnast DIAMOND, Parker, Colorado
57 articles 25 photos 633 comments

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&quot;If you don&#039;t leap you&#039;lll never know what it&#039;s like to fly&quot;

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By YankeeSwagg PLATINUM
Holly Springs, North Carolina
YankeeSwagg PLATINUM, Holly Springs, North Carolina
26 articles 0 photos 78 comments

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Every burden is a blessing

Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

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&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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By AsIAm PLATINUM
Somewhere, North Carolina
AsIAm PLATINUM, Somewhere, North Carolina
48 articles 3 photos 606 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. (Generally those who don&#039;t have to do it. Politicians and writers spring to mind.) I&#039;ve never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly, or defiant you are, at the end of the day you&#039;re also dead. Which is a little too permanent for my liking.&quot; &mdash; Jonathan Stroud (Ptolemy&#039;s Gate)

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By sunflowergirl7 BRONZE
Lexington, Massachusetts
sunflowergirl7 BRONZE, Lexington, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;To see the world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.\&quot; --William Blake

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By jward24895 SILVER
Montour Falls, New York
jward24895 SILVER, Montour Falls, New York
5 articles 0 photos 25 comments

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&quot;I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.&rdquo; -Stephen Hawking

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By MaddieWo PLATINUM
Marstons Mills, Massachusetts
MaddieWo PLATINUM, Marstons Mills, Massachusetts
28 articles 0 photos 112 comments

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&quot;If I&#039;d a knowed more, I would a loved more.&quot; -Pilate Dead, Song of Solomon

Alcanno DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
59 articles 0 photos 670 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you love life, don&#039;t waste time, for time is what life is<br /> made up of.&quot;<br /> <br /> -- Bruce Lee