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By MatieKae GOLD
Strafford, Missouri

There once was a man who lived long ago Whose body was young but his heart had grown old His mind was full of the things he’d been shown Nothing new or bold to him could be told...
MatieKae GOLD, Strafford, Missouri
10 articles 12 photos 15 comments

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"Today you are you and that is truer than true, there is no one alive who is youer than you."
-Dr. Seuss

"The pen is mightier than the sword."


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By lovepuff SILVER
Spearfish, South Dakota
lovepuff SILVER, Spearfish, South Dakota
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Wherever a dancer stands is sacred ground." -Marth Graham

FemaleShakespeare94 SILVER, Austell, Georgia
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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Be the change you want to see in the world- Ghandi

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By skybean BRONZE
Elmont, New York
skybean BRONZE, Elmont, New York
2 articles 16 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”~GK Chesterton

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By DanceOfBlades PLATINUM
Springfield, Virginia
DanceOfBlades PLATINUM, Springfield, Virginia
28 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first Law of Equivalent Exchange."

Poetry
By daRklovelyblue17 GOLD
Phoenix, Arizona
daRklovelyblue17 GOLD, Phoenix, Arizona
13 articles 2 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Where words fail, music speaks."

"I'm trying to believe in things that I don't know[...]That love can kill the pain, that truth is never vain, it turns strangers into lovers, and enemies to brothers"

Poetry
By Sparrow GOLD
Englewood, Tennessee
Sparrow GOLD, Englewood, Tennessee
16 articles 5 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
- Leonardo da Vinci

PandaPunkk PLATINUM, Gilbert, Louisiana
22 articles 19 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Music can change the world because it changes people!

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By MangaPhilosopher SILVER
Jacksonville, Florida
MangaPhilosopher SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
one is all and all is one

A life in fear is not life at all

We only laugh when we get the money and we only cry when bankrupt:This qoute is for some

Life is just a dream one big twisted dream


The Less you care the less you have to loss

If I die I die cool

I think: therefore I am
Better to be weird, then cliché

silviag GOLD, Dublin, Ohio
13 articles 1 photo 2 comments