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By hollowfirefly PLATINUM
Tampa, Florida

As much as we want an ice cream cone or to go see the new movie in the cinema downtown, what all of us really want to know is why we are here. Not why we are here in the ice cream...
hollowfirefly PLATINUM, Tampa, Florida
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Music is the only thing I&#039;ve ever believed in as a constant. It&#039;s my religion.<br /> -Brendon Urie


jacquelinereadinger BRONZE, Guthrie Center , Iowa
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Don&#039;t be scared to change the Prince&#039;s name in your story. -Atticus

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Sussex, Wisconsin
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twilighter_360 GOLD, NYOB, New Jersey
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&quot;A bird dosen&#039;t sing because it has an answer.A bird sings because it has a song.&quot; -- Maya Angelou<br /> <br /> &quot;Give peace a chance.&quot; --John Lennon

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By BookFan BRONZE
New York, New York
BookFan BRONZE, New York, New York
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&quot;Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty&quot; .<br /> &quot;We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely&quot;.<br /> &quot;Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.&quot;<br /> Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray