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By efisher27 GOLD
Pittsford, New York

December 13th 2010 I made my way home from a long day of Christmas shopping with my mother. As I sat in the passenger seat, my mom drove on through the slush and snow that December...
efisher27 GOLD, Pittsford, New York
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“Thomas Edison's last words were 'It's very beautiful over there'. I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”


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By Sarah Crowley BRONZE
Greenlawn, New York
Sarah Crowley BRONZE, Greenlawn, New York
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By Sarah Crowley BRONZE
Greenlawn, New York
Sarah Crowley BRONZE, Greenlawn, New York
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By lindseyzcz BRONZE
Woodbridge, Virginia
lindseyzcz BRONZE, Woodbridge, Virginia
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Thornybum GOLD, Carlisle, Other
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To see a world in a grain of sand,<br /> And a heaven in a wild flower,<br /> Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,<br /> And eternity in an hour.

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KZhang SILVER, Naperville, Illinois
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&quot;As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me&quot;<br /> -George Orwell

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skybean BRONZE, Elmont, New York
2 articles 16 photos 36 comments

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&quot;Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.&rdquo;~GK Chesterton