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By tenth_muse GOLD
Wheaton, Illinois

This one wakes me up. Cassie Bernall used to be 17. Not in the way that your parents used to be 17, but in the kind of way where you're something and then, suddenly and jarring...
tenth_muse GOLD, Wheaton, Illinois
10 articles 0 photos 1 comment

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"well, you know, we all want to change the world." -the beatles, "revolution"


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By KateLA GOLD
Everett, Washington
KateLA GOLD, Everett, Washington
11 articles 20 photos 194 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don&rsquo;t you find it Funny that after Monday(M) and Tuesday(T), the rest of the week says WTF?<br /> -Unknown

Casba BRONZE, Sandy/Draper, Utah
2 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;d rather go out fighting a giant worm with a frying pan!&quot;<br /> &quot;Oh my gosh guys, together we have synesthesia!&quot;

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Bones96 BRONZE, Charlotte, North Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 108 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life isn&#039;t about finding yourself it&#039;s about creating yourself-

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By babysteps GOLD
Wayland, Massachusetts
babysteps GOLD, Wayland, Massachusetts
11 articles 5 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.&quot;<br /> ~Mahatma Gandhi

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EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

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By Madi96 BRONZE
Decatur, Illinois
Madi96 BRONZE, Decatur, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 2 comments
kate12345me GOLD, Sydney, Other
11 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.&quot; - Thoreau<br /> &quot;Sometimes you&#039;re flush and sometimes you&#039;re bust, and when you&#039;re up, it&#039;s never as good as it seems, and when you&#039;re down, you never think you&#039;ll be up again, but life goes on.&quot;