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By Jessica Spring BRONZE
Tempe, Arizona

The gurgling, sloshing, and boiling of clinking test tubes and beakers heated the room and my mind. Flames leaped and crept from the open fire of my Bunsen burner, smoldering chemi...
Jessica Spring BRONZE, Tempe, Arizona
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By MikeP410 BRONZE
Park Ridge, Illinois
MikeP410 BRONZE, Park Ridge, Illinois
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By Emma.H.96 DIAMOND
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Emma.H.96 DIAMOND, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better. -Anne Lamott, from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.

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By AbbyQ PLATINUM
Fairbanks, Alaska
AbbyQ PLATINUM, Fairbanks, Alaska
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"When the coroner cuts me open, he will find ink in my veins and blood on my typewriter keys."

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By sweetmelody BRONZE
San Jose, California
sweetmelody BRONZE, San Jose, California
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"We choose to go…not because it is easy, but because it is hard, because that goal will serve to measure and organize the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win." John F. Kennedy

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By Krose456 BRONZE
Indianapolis, Indiana
Krose456 BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana
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By Hadrian BRONZE
Voorburg, Other
Hadrian BRONZE, Voorburg, Other
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“For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”<br /> <br /> ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History