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#3551voted by our readers
By TheRareBreed PLATINUM
Lambertville, Michigan

Tweet tweet tweet we hear all the time for people to call and you to reply It hurts my head my breaths come quick my mind is clouded with thoughts too thick I cannot escape&...
TheRareBreed PLATINUM, Lambertville, Michigan
43 articles 0 photos 60 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." I guess that means we're just products of whoever made us and we don't have much control. The thing is, when people use that phrase, they ignore the most critical part: the falling. Within the logic of that saying, the apple falls every single time. Not falling isn't an option. So, if the apple has to fall, the most important question in my mind is what happens to it upon hitting the ground? Does it touch down with barely a scratch? Or does it smash on impact? Two vastly different fates. When you think about it, who cares about its proximity to the tree or what type of tree spawned it? What really makes all the difference, then, is how we land.”<br /> ― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen


#3552 Poetry
By sashajgrosberg BRONZE
Bethesda, Maryland
sashajgrosberg BRONZE, Bethesda, Maryland
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#3553 Poetry
By dzhang-20 GOLD
Hillsborough, New Jersey
dzhang-20 GOLD, Hillsborough, New Jersey
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.<br /> – Ernest Hemingway

#3554 Poetry
Sunflowergirl GOLD, Mansfield, Texas
18 articles 49 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
“This week I've been reading a lot<br /> and doing little work. That's the way<br /> things ought to be. That's surely the<br /> road to success.” -Anne Frank

#3555 Poetry
By MY21 PLATINUM
Irving, Texas
MY21 PLATINUM, Irving, Texas
20 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of. The tree is the real thing." - Abraham Lincoln

#3556 Poetry
BrokenLaughter SILVER, Chicago, Illinois
7 articles 1 photo 1 comment
#3557 Poetry
Azalea MAG
By JamesW PLATINUM
Minneapolis, Minnesota
JamesW PLATINUM, Minneapolis, Minnesota
22 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” - Jack Kerouac

#3558 Poetry
By Brittaner DIAMOND
Edenton, North Carolina
Brittaner DIAMOND, Edenton, North Carolina
51 articles 0 photos 88 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;words are just songs without the corny elevator music behind them&quot; <br /> -Me (random thought)

#3559 Poetry
By Taili GOLD
Lexington, Massachusetts
Taili GOLD, Lexington, Massachusetts
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#3560 Poetry
By Anonymous