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#21201voted by our readers
By Lovely_Lauren GOLD
Portland, Oregon

I can’t breathe. The room shrinks smaller and smaller, darkness threatening to take over. I can’t breathe. Suffocation was never a healthy thing for me. I can’t handle your flipp...
Lovely_Lauren GOLD, Portland, Oregon
10 articles 0 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." -Anonymous


StevenP BRONZE, Oakland, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Ignorance is like a delicate, exotic fruit ; touch it and the bloom has gone&quot;<br /> -Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

#21203 Nonfiction
LyddieD723 GOLD, Cary, North Carolina
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There comes a time in life when you have to let go of the pointless drama. Surround yourself with people who make you laugh so hard you forget the bad and focus solely on the good. After all, life is too short to be anything but happy.&quot;

#21204 Nonfiction
By Alli. BRONZE
Wise, Virginia
Alli. BRONZE, Wise, Virginia
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you&#039;re on it.&rdquo; -Johnny Depp.

#21205 Nonfiction
flowergirli44 BRONZE, Alpine, Utah
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#21206 Nonfiction
By ILoveTurtles PLATINUM
Redding, California
ILoveTurtles PLATINUM, Redding, California
31 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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#21208 Nonfiction
By mmagirl88 BRONZE
Madison, Wisconsin
mmagirl88 BRONZE, Madison, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
PHILosophical BRONZE, Paramus, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I had a dream of my wife. She was dead. But it was all right.&quot;<br /> -Max Payne

#21210 Nonfiction
Sandee BRONZE, LAS VEGAS, Nevada
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments