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Are You My Mother?
By KayleeW BRONZE
Brier, Washington

Hot salty tears running fast, the feeling of confusion and hope all jumbled into one, the overwhelming aching of my heart filling my chest. One question kept repeating itself in my...
KayleeW BRONZE, Brier, Washington
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#1852 College Guide
The Definition of Fun is Not Alcohol
By Henry Nguyen BRONZE
Quincy, Massachusetts
Henry Nguyen BRONZE, Quincy, Massachusetts
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#1853 College Guide
Live to Encourage
By paigejeary BRONZE
Flower Mound, Texas
paigejeary BRONZE, Flower Mound, Texas
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#1854 College Guide
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#1855 College Guide
i want to be better
By Tfortshering BRONZE
70 Drive, New York
Tfortshering BRONZE, 70 Drive, New York
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There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart. Pursue those.<br /> ~ Michael Nolan

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#1856 College Guide
Soap Box Derby
By jiggly SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
jiggly SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
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#1857 College Guide
The Birthing Crisis MAG
By Porcellina SILVER
Oxford, Ohio
Porcellina SILVER, Oxford, Ohio
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

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I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one.... Humans are caught -- in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too&mdash;in a net of good and evil... There is no other story. A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well -- or ill?

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#1858 College Guide
Memories
By bluestar1692 BRONZE
Lady Lake, Florida
bluestar1692 BRONZE, Lady Lake, Florida
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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&quot; Responsibility is greater than life!&quot;

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#1859 College Guide
Living Out Loud
By PhantomofBroadway GOLD
Cumberland, Rhode Island
PhantomofBroadway GOLD, Cumberland, Rhode Island
14 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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I may be small, but I&#039;ve got giant plans to shine as brightly as the sun. -Astonishing, Little Women the Musical<br /> It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. -Macbeth

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#1860 College Guide
I Am Not Alone
By Anonymous