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I'll be me, but I don't like it.

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Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.

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Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.

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The difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time.

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The way of life is not as easy as some people think... like me.

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While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.

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It doesn't matter how you pray. Just pray. All religions are beautiful and they all have one common belief. There's something bigger and greater than us that can give us and take from us life. It is better than the here and now.

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I do fear death. But what I actually fear is not dying. I mean, true, it will be sad. But I know that there is a better place waiting for me.

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I write to express my thoughts, my feelings. I want people to think.

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Every year, once a year, in Maryland, I go for a week and overnight camp with about 50 to 60 kids with muscular dystrophy, all ages, seven to 21. And it is really fun. I have some great friends there and wonderful counselors.

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Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second.

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Maybe I wanted to have kids because you want to leave behind lessons, leave behind everything that matters to you. That's how you touch the world. But I have to reconsider what it's like to leave a legacy.

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You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life.

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Remember to play after every storm.

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I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

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God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live.

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I've gotten books published. I've met famous people that are very nice. I look back and I say, 'Wow. Thank you, God, for giving me this gift. And thank you for helping me to keep going.'

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The doctor said, 'He can't last a week.' And I did. And they said, 'There's no way this kid's going to last a month.' And I did. And so they said, 'Two years. He's not going to make it.' Two years. 'Five years. He can't do that.' I lived to be five years. 'He's never going to hit double digits.' And here I am, a new teenager.

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Sometimes my body wakes me up and says 'Hey, you haven't had pain in a while. How about pain?' And sometimes I can't breathe, and that's hard to live with. But I still celebrate life and don't give up.

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I would not have lasted a minute, literally a minute, on this Earth without God and angels by my side, because I was born. And right as I was born, I went into a respiratory arrest. So, big things that keep me going are friends and family, God. And another thing is looking forward to what's going to happen tomorrow.

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