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Nonfiction
By dpaige SILVER
Farmington, Connecticut

Curating a story of my world through a series of images would be an impossible task.  Not because my childhood lacks defining, momentous experiences or because I would be unable...
dpaige SILVER, Farmington, Connecticut
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Nonfiction
By pineapple11 BRONZE
Queen Creek, Arizona
pineapple11 BRONZE, Queen Creek, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By Tatythekid BRONZE
Ozone Park, New York
Tatythekid BRONZE, Ozone Park, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By Anonymous
Live4jc PLATINUM, Pensacola, Florida
21 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
That man is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose-Jim Elliot

ferry123 SILVER, Sharjah, Other
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By nncrocks SILVER
Villanova, Pennsylvania
nncrocks SILVER, Villanova, Pennsylvania
8 articles 14 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"The world is but a canvas to our imagination." Henry David Thoreau

Nonfiction
By random_nobody SILVER
Minneapolis, Minnesota
random_nobody SILVER, Minneapolis, Minnesota
9 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Opinions and fish.- Possessing opinions is like possessing fish, assuming one has a fishpond. One has to go fishing and needs some luck-then one has one’s own fish, one’s own opinions. I am speaking of live opinions, of live fish. Others are satisfied if they own a cabinet of fossils-and in their hands, “convictions.”

Nonfiction
sharpened_pencil GOLD, Warren, New Jersey
11 articles 1 photo 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life can suck, sure. Mostly though it's a blank canvas. If you want to see something brighter in it, you might have to add it yourself." -Patrick Stump, Fall Out Boy

Nonfiction
By futurista12 ELITE
Far Rockaway, New York
futurista12 ELITE, Far Rockaway, New York
615 articles 1 photo 114 comments

Favorite Quote:
"And though she be but little, she is fierce."- Shakespeare