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Same Thing Over and Over
By coffee-stained BRONZE
Cape Carteret, North Carolina

I can see my future as quiet, dimly lit, and open. A girl sits at her computer desk. Her red, gold curls are all tucked away in a dark blue beanie. Eyes are wide open, focused,...
coffee-stained BRONZE, Cape Carteret, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Is mayonaise an instrument?"- Patrick Star (Spongebob Squarepants)

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Math, a Foreign Language
By Morgan_Hayett3 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
Morgan_Hayett3 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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If You Really Knew Me
By AudyBoo SILVER
Phoenix, Arizona
AudyBoo SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"I've been brought down to my knees. And I've pushed way past the point of breaking. But I can take it. I'll be back. Back on my feet. This is far from over. I am far from over. You haven't seen the last of me. You haven't seen the last of me"

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Different
By luv2bLDS BRONZE
Peoria, Arizona
luv2bLDS BRONZE, Peoria, Arizona
4 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
At times the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe us when we say that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough.

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Drown In Your Lies, Girl
By Ghostly-Rose SILVER
Easley, South Carolina
Ghostly-Rose SILVER, Easley, South Carolina
9 articles 7 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Make Life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am?! I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down, with the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon, that burns your house down!"- Portal 2

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Being the Hope
By paleteenager PLATINUM
Fountain Hills, Arizona
paleteenager PLATINUM, Fountain Hills, Arizona
39 articles 0 photos 38 comments
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Ballerina’s Life MAG
By KristinC PLATINUM
Cupertino, California
KristinC PLATINUM, Cupertino, California
27 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.&quot;<br /> -F.Scott Fitzgerald, the Great Gatsby<br /> <br /> &quot;To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.&quot;<br /> -F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Dear You
By AbysmallyAbstracted PLATINUM
Mountains, Colorado
AbysmallyAbstracted PLATINUM, Mountains, Colorado
33 articles 4 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
2000 B.C. - &quot;Here, eat this root.&quot;<br /> 1000 B.C. - &quot;That root is heathen, say this prayer.&quot;<br /> 1850 A.D. - &quot;That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.&quot;<br /> 1940 A.D. - &quot;That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.&quot;<br /> 1985 A.D. - &quot;That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.&quot;<br /> 2000 A.D. - &quot;That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.&quot;<br /> ~Author Unknown

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Boston Bombing
By LayneCat SILVER
South Plainfield, New Jersey
LayneCat SILVER, South Plainfield, New Jersey
9 articles 2 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.&rdquo;<br /> ― Oscar Wilde

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