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    <subtitle>We spoke more in the silence. We got what we want.</subtitle>


    
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            All I want to do is talk to you and have you reprimand me for crying. I always walk into your room thinking I’ll see you under the covers. Then, I walk into the bathroom and see that stain on the floor and it hits me, you’re not here. You won’t be...
        
    
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        <title>maria clara</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-08-15T06:45:44Z</published>
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              There is something to be said about people who draw attention to themselves effortlessly and those who need to be proactive to get people to notice them. You know, people who need to talk a little louder or smile a little wider. I have nothing a...
        
    
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        <published>2008-06-05T14:28:46Z</published>
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             The thing about being an outsider if that you never know what’s really going on. And though you only wish for what’s best, you know that the decision and the choice will never be yours. But what do you do when people seem to dig themselves into a...
        
    
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        <title>12-year-old spirit in a 20-something&#39;s body</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2007-07-24T08:15:40Z</published>
        <updated>2009-01-26T18:43:36Z</updated>
    
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             I’ve been having bouts of feeling inadequate. No particular reason. Just random signs that seem to tell me, “Hey, you’re just not good enough, kiddo.” And I don’t know why I’m feeling this way. Is it because I’m turning 25 this year and I feel th...
        
    
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             Sometimes, you’re in a bad mood and everything is just magnified ten thousand times. The littlest thing can strike a nerve and you go off at someone in an instant. You can’t take that back and I’d like to think that at that precise moment, what y...
        
    
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        <published>2006-11-27T13:45:49Z</published>
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             What was I expecting when I sent you that message? You hate that word, don’t you? Or you didn’t like it when I started to. Expect, that is. Well, when I sent you that message, I didn’t expect anything to come out of it. It was supposed to make me...
        
    
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        <title>&quot;You could be happy and I won&#39;t know.&quot;</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2006-11-10T13:57:32Z</published>
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             You always said my happiness is what’s important. If I was happy, then you’d be happy, too. Well, I’ve realized that my happiness won’t happen like this. And if you really wanted me to be happy, you’d know that this isn’t how to make me happy. I’...
        
    
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        <published>2006-10-24T09:03:39Z</published>
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             I don’t understand anymore. Maybe these days I’m just trying to convince myself that I do. When you talk to me, I freeze up and never know what to say. Because in all honesty, I just want to stay quiet and sit beside you. No need for words, becau...
        
    
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        <title>Shut up</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2006-09-26T01:43:49Z</published>
        <updated>2008-12-25T02:03:41Z</updated>
    
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               It’s one thing to be honest, but there’s something else called being tactless. I’m all for telling the truth but with caution. Have you ever considered the feelings of the person you’re opening the floodgates to? What if this person would rathe...
        
    
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        <title>Just one</title>
    
    
    
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             I don’t think I can ever live alone. It’s either I live with my parents for the rest of my life—or until I get married, maybe. Another option would probably be to move in with my aunt and cousin—both are still single. I didn’t have to go to work ...
        
    
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