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*brianna*
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June 7, 2015 2:24am UTC

“Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Chops"
because that was the name of his dog
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
and a gold star
And his mother hung it on the kitchen door
and read it to his aunts
That was the year Father Tracy
took all the kids to the zoo
And he let them sing on the bus
And his little sister was born
with tiny toenails and no hair
And his mother and father kissed a lot
And the girl around the corner sent him a
Valentine signed with a row of X's
and he had to ask his father what the X's meant
And his father always tucked him in bed at night
And was always there to do it
Once on a piece of white paper with blue lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Autumn"
because that was the name of the season
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
and asked him to write more clearly
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because of its new paint
And the kids told him
that Father Tracy smoked cigars
And left butts on the pews
And sometimes they would burn holes
That was the year his sister got glasses
with thick lenses and black frames
And the girl around the corner laughed
when he asked her to go see Santa Claus
And the kids told him why
his mother and father kissed a lot
And his father never tucked him in bed at night
And his father got mad
when he cried for him to do it.
Once on a paper torn from his notebook
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Innocence: A Question"
because that was the question about his girl
And that's what it was all about
And his professor gave him an A
and a strange steady look
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because he never showed her
That was the year that Father Tracy died
And he forgot how the end
of the Apostle's Creed went
And he caught his sister
making out on the back porch
And his mother and father never kissed
or even talked
And the girl around the corner
wore too much makeup
That made him cough when he kissed her
but he kissed her anyway
because that was the thing to do
And at three a.m. he tucked himself into bed
his father snoring soundly
That's why on the back of a brown paper bag
he tried another poem
And he called it "Absolutely Nothing"
Because that's what it was really all about
And he gave himself an A
and a slash on each damned wrist
And he hung it on the bathroom door
because this time he didn't think
he could reach the kitchen.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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desolated
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June 6, 2015 1:22pm UTC

"I'm in love with you," he whispered, searching my eyes. He looked very pale and very scared, and a little...hopeful.

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*compassionate soul*
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November 16, 2014 7:31pm UTC

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.

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*compassionate soul*
posted a quote
October 21, 2014 7:31pm UTC

“
I hated labels anyway. People didn't fit in slots--prostitute, housewife, saint--like sorting the mail. We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals and angles, changeable as water.
— Janet Fitch, White Oleander

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*compassionate soul*
posted a quote
June 16, 2014 2:40pm UTC

Somtimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere.
We can't always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.

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*Yours Truly*
posted a quote
January 10, 2014 12:22am UTC

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

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Gia2525
posted a quote
December 21, 2013 9:53pm UTC

Just read the book The Outsiders for english and I am now finding quotes from that book everywhere :P

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*compassionate soul*
posted a quote
December 21, 2013 1:41am UTC

♭♩♫♪♬♭♩♫♪♬♭♩♫♪♬♭♩♫♪♬
Music is the language of memory
♭♩♫♪♬♭♩♫♪♬♭♩♫♪♬♭♩♫♪♬

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*compassionate soul*
posted a quote
December 20, 2013 2:02pm UTC

♥Love is never ugly
♥

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*compassionate soul*
posted a quote
October 5, 2013 4:31pm UTC

“But they can't know how the dark space inside me is growing. I lie to them. I can't get out of the dark hole. 'Peace is here' it whispers.” ― Lurlene McDaniel, Breathless

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absent *
posted a quote
July 21, 2013 6:19am UTC

Finished reading The Fault In Our Stars by John Green.
Hooly dooly freaking batman daisies and dandelions mixed with happiness and tears and nutella

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irishgirl41
posted a quote
June 27, 2013 12:20am UTC

"We'll squeeze every second
that we can from our lives,
because we're young, and we
have plenty of years to grow.
We'll grow until we're braver.
We'll grow until our bones
ache
and our skin wrinkles and our
hair grows white, and our
hearts
decide, at last, that it's time to
stop."

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doublesidedice
posted a quote
April 9, 2013 10:28pm UTC

You're your own color of ExtRa.OrDiNarY.

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