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#3451voted by our readers
By -JustDance- PLATINUM
Medford, Oregon

I know you thought I was sitting on top of the world, then everything fell down around me. And I looked up and saw you staring at me, thinking nothing could ever bring me down. But...
-JustDance- PLATINUM, Medford, Oregon
23 articles 0 photos 28 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The manner in which we live and that in which we ought to live are things so wide asunder that he who quits the one to betake himself in the other is more likely to destroy than to save himself.&quot; ~Niccolo Machiavelli<br /> <br /> So let us find the balance.


#3452 Poetry
By Anonymous
#3453 Poetry
By DanceOfBlades PLATINUM
Springfield, Virginia
DanceOfBlades PLATINUM, Springfield, Virginia
28 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy&#039;s first Law of Equivalent Exchange.&quot;

#3454 Poetry
By anyabeatrice GOLD
Encino, California
anyabeatrice GOLD, Encino, California
14 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world." <br /> -Marilyn Monroe

#3455 Poetry
By Moonbeam BRONZE
Washington, District Of Columbia
Moonbeam BRONZE, Washington, District Of Columbia
4 articles 1 photo 0 comments
#3456 Poetry
By Bailey McKim BRONZE
Waverly, Nebraska
Bailey McKim BRONZE, Waverly, Nebraska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#3457 Poetry
By akell PLATINUM
Asheville, North Carolina
akell PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
26 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
There can be no society without poetry, but society can never be realized as poetry, it is never poetic. Sometimes the two terms seek to break apart. They cannot.<br /> -Octavio Paz

#3458 Poetry
By dels.lemonade SILVER
Newbury Park, California
dels.lemonade SILVER, Newbury Park, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
All monsters are human.

#3459 Poetry
By jzeviad BRONZE
Virginia Beach, Virginia
jzeviad BRONZE, Virginia Beach, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#3460 Poetry
By 3mo_sw33ts SILVER
Gonzales, Louisiana
3mo_sw33ts SILVER, Gonzales, Louisiana
9 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing at all.&quot;