This contest is simple, quote/pic inspired contest, there is a lot so it would require some patience 
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
• Be your inner child or adult, COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES, it is what you precieve it to be!!!!!
•Whatever option you choose, if quote tell me, credit where credit belongs.
•No line limits/Any Style or form is fine
•Allowing Prewrites, but if you do a prewrite, YOU MUST ENTER a fresh write, which is why I am allowing 2 entries, or if you want both to be fresh writes that is fine, or if you want to do one that is fine to, etc, etc
•Label appropriatley, umm I am pretty open minded, just make sure to label.
•OK HAVE FUN.
QUOTES (TONS):
☼ "It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness.
We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace."
— Chuck Palahniuk
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☼ "Today is the sort of day where the sun only comes up to humiliate you."
— Chuck Palahniuk
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☼ "Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish."
— Chuck Palahniuk
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☼ "Could you hold the chainsaw a bit closer to your mouth, please?"
— Chuck Palahniuk
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☼ "Find good in what the world says is evil."
— Chuck Palahniuk
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♥ "Fairy tales, are more than true. Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be defeated."
-Neil Gaiman
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♥ "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws."
-Douglas Adams
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♥ "One day a tortoise will learn how to fly."
-Terry Pratchett
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♥ "She knew it should bother her more, being evil and all, but after she put on a little mascara and some lipstick and poured herself another cup of blood-laced coffee, she found that she was okay with it"
-Christopher Moore
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♥ "Stuff your eyes with wonder . . . live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories"
-Ray Bradbury
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♥ "If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship"
-Terry Pratchett
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♥ "A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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♥ "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
— Oscar Wilde
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♥ "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells."
— Dr. Seuss
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♥ "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
— Mark Twain
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♥ "Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
— Bertrand Russell
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♥ "The problem with being nuts, she thought, is that you don't always feel as if you're nuts. Sometimes, in fact, you feel perfectly sane, and there just happens to be a trailer-shaped dragon crouching in the lot next door."
-Christopher Moore
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♥ "The road to hell is paved with adverbs."
— Stephen King
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♥ "I have the heart of a small boy...and I keep it in a jar on my desk."
— Stephen King
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♥ "I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud. "
— Stephen King
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♦ "You know things are bad when you feel guilty for being rude to vampires."
— Stephenie Meyer
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♦ "You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love."
— Richelle Mead
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♦ "If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken. "
— Brian Selznick
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♦ "Try to find pleasure in the speed that you're not used to. Changing the way you do routine things allows a new person to grow inside of you. But when all is said and done, you're the one who must decide how you handle it."
— Paulo Coelho
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♦ "Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth."
— Albert Camus
Ok I can go on and on about quotes all day so I will just stop
PICTURE TIME (Some these may have to be enlarged):
There is a little something for everybody in these pics
☼ http://julkusiowa.deviantart.com/art/where-is-love-100395934
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☼ http://jteh.deviantart.com/art/Happily-Never-After-99127861
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☼ http://zwir.deviantart.com/art/Yellow-bush-16712954
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☼ http://pokoa.deviantart.com/art/Black-and-white-test-27124670
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☼ http://pokoa.deviantart.com/art/This-skull-is-mine-83304042
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☼ http://robotnicc.deviantart.com/art/January-s-Stars-45733170
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☼ http://freaks-geeksandflesh.deviantart.com/art/Guns-Lace-and-Cigarettes-48262218
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☼ http://hart-worx.deviantart.com/art/Lady-34695979
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☼ http://angelreich.deviantart.com/art/Merry-Go-Round-39667657
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☼ http://isbikta.deviantart.com/art/Trash-13281657
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☼ http://smsccr.deviantart.com/art/Seashell-21355632
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
• Be your inner child or adult, COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES, it is what you precieve it to be!!!!!
•Whatever option you choose, if quote tell me, credit where credit belongs.
•No line limits/Any Style or form is fine
•Allowing Prewrites, but if you do a prewrite, YOU MUST ENTER a fresh write, which is why I am allowing 2 entries, or if you want both to be fresh writes that is fine, or if you want to do one that is fine to, etc, etc
•Label appropriatley, umm I am pretty open minded, just make sure to label.
•OK HAVE FUN.
QUOTES (TONS):
☼ "It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness.
We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace."
— Chuck Palahniuk
_____________
☼ "Today is the sort of day where the sun only comes up to humiliate you."
— Chuck Palahniuk
_____________
☼ "Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish."
— Chuck Palahniuk
_____________
☼ "Could you hold the chainsaw a bit closer to your mouth, please?"
— Chuck Palahniuk
_____________
☼ "Find good in what the world says is evil."
— Chuck Palahniuk
_____________
♥ "Fairy tales, are more than true. Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be defeated."
-Neil Gaiman
--------------------
♥ "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws."
-Douglas Adams
--------------------
♥ "One day a tortoise will learn how to fly."
-Terry Pratchett
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♥ "She knew it should bother her more, being evil and all, but after she put on a little mascara and some lipstick and poured herself another cup of blood-laced coffee, she found that she was okay with it"
-Christopher Moore
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♥ "Stuff your eyes with wonder . . . live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories"
-Ray Bradbury
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♥ "If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship"
-Terry Pratchett
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♥ "A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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♥ "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
— Oscar Wilde
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♥ "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells."
— Dr. Seuss
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♥ "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
— Mark Twain
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♥ "Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
— Bertrand Russell
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♥ "The problem with being nuts, she thought, is that you don't always feel as if you're nuts. Sometimes, in fact, you feel perfectly sane, and there just happens to be a trailer-shaped dragon crouching in the lot next door."
-Christopher Moore
------------------
♥ "The road to hell is paved with adverbs."
— Stephen King
------------------
♥ "I have the heart of a small boy...and I keep it in a jar on my desk."
— Stephen King
------------------
♥ "I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud. "
— Stephen King
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♦ "You know things are bad when you feel guilty for being rude to vampires."
— Stephenie Meyer
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♦ "You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love."
— Richelle Mead
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♦ "If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken. "
— Brian Selznick
------------------
♦ "Try to find pleasure in the speed that you're not used to. Changing the way you do routine things allows a new person to grow inside of you. But when all is said and done, you're the one who must decide how you handle it."
— Paulo Coelho
-------------------
♦ "Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth."
— Albert Camus
Ok I can go on and on about quotes all day so I will just stop
PICTURE TIME (Some these may have to be enlarged):
There is a little something for everybody in these pics
☼ http://julkusiowa.deviantart.com/art/where-is-love-100395934
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☼ http://jteh.deviantart.com/art/Happily-Never-After-99127861
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☼ http://zwir.deviantart.com/art/Yellow-bush-16712954
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☼ http://pokoa.deviantart.com/art/Black-and-white-test-27124670
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☼ http://pokoa.deviantart.com/art/This-skull-is-mine-83304042
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☼ http://robotnicc.deviantart.com/art/January-s-Stars-45733170
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☼ http://freaks-geeksandflesh.deviantart.com/art/Guns-Lace-and-Cigarettes-48262218
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☼ http://hart-worx.deviantart.com/art/Lady-34695979
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☼ http://angelreich.deviantart.com/art/Merry-Go-Round-39667657
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☼ http://isbikta.deviantart.com/art/Trash-13281657
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☼ http://smsccr.deviantart.com/art/Seashell-21355632
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on January 2
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 300, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Congrats to the winners and actually it took me forever to judge this contest because I really like every one of them.
If I had more points, I would give everybody something.
But thanks for entering, I really like my entries I got.
I suggest everyone look at everybody else's poems in here because they are really good.
Thanks for making this hard.
Contest Winners
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Tonight my island froze for the first time in a hundred years.
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I’ll take your hand,
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She sat crossed legged on a high stool, resting her arms on the bar and sipping a dry martini.
A rock band echoed in the background, butby silverscent 11 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 16 8:43 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Contest, Prose, Life, Thoughts
Honorable mention
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What noble quest my heart aspired
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"If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken. "
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Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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♥ "Stuff your eyes with wonder . . . live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories"
-Ray Bradburyby TOEchikira 44 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 14 6:00 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
Which ever day this is, it's ok.
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She was always searching for love,
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Sometimes when your full of hate
And envy’s knocking at your gateby judmc 21 lines, 21 comments, on Aug 3 12:56 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Like the falling of the rain
Comes the falling of the seasonsby GodsTrueSoldier 29 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 15 5:39 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
we lie down together
in the gutter of lifeby righteousme 31 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 16 1:58 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
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by kimberlee meredith 10 lines, 5 comments, on May 28 6:47 PM 2008. In Contest• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Awakening from my dreams..by kimberlee meredith 7 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 27 12:40 AM 2008. In Contest• Commented on by judge.
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I referenced the Oscar Wilde quote in my "about me" thing.!! I love that quote so much.
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hey thanks, I am glad you did like that quote I like it also, a lot of these quotes are my favorites.
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you and your quotes gal, i alwasy enjoy your selections. shame quotes dont move the muse for as much i enjoy them you think they would. alas there is always eye candy and engaging convo.
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