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By fountainpen GOLD
Huntington Beach, California

Harlem’s Kitchen was a fast food stand in a food court located in the middle of grocery store. It was a hole-in-the wall shop, kind of dirty, rundown, with the same qualit...
fountainpen GOLD, Huntington Beach, California
11 articles 1 photo 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t tell anybody anything&mdash;If you do, you&#039;ll start missing everybody.&quot;<br /> &mdash;J.D. Salinger<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.&rdquo;<br /> &mdash;F. Scott Fitzgerald


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By seeitinmyeyes BRONZE
Hemet, California
seeitinmyeyes BRONZE, Hemet, California
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Treat your life like you are truly an hourglass and you dont know when the last grain of sand will fall through to the bottom.

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By Momokopeach BRONZE
Honolulu, Hawaii
Momokopeach BRONZE, Honolulu, Hawaii
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
CaseyChickenWang SILVER, McDonough,
7 articles 2 photos 89 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No one likes half-jinglers! Jingle all the way!&quot; - Shelley McNeight<br /> &quot;You don&#039;t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.&quot; - GSUMUN

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By KristinHopkins8 SILVER
Aspen, Colorado
KristinHopkins8 SILVER, Aspen, Colorado
7 articles 0 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If a writer falls in love with you, you can never die&quot;

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SophieFloph PLATINUM, Seattle, Washington
21 articles 3 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Her stomach did a revengeful flop.&quot;

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By KaseyKS BRONZE
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
KaseyKS BRONZE, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
VintageRoses GOLD, Houston, Texas
15 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.&quot; -Albert Camus

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By VintageRoses GOLD
Houston, Texas
VintageRoses GOLD, Houston, Texas
15 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.&quot; -Albert Camus