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Nonfiction
By justmyexistentialthoughts GOLD
Cumberland, Rhode Island

I sat at my desk, feeling the stillness and silence of the house around me.  Defeated, I pressed my palms against my forehead and sighed.  Write something, she said.&nb...
justmyexistentialthoughts GOLD, Cumberland, Rhode Island
10 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You can't make great stuff until you've made good stuff, you can't make good stuff until you make alright stuff, and you can't make alright stuff until you've made pretty bad stuff." - P.J. Liguori


Nonfiction
By Anonymous
PhilosophersandCheese BRONZE, Cupertino,
4 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Being crazy isn&#039;t enough&quot;<br /> - Dr. Seuss

Nonfiction
By Shannon15 SILVER
Ongar, Other
Shannon15 SILVER, Ongar, Other
8 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.&quot; ~ Ann Landers

colorsalive BRONZE, Rabat, Other
2 articles 4 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
The less you care, the happier you&#039;ll be !

Nonfiction
By TonyJiang BRONZE
Palo Alto, California
TonyJiang BRONZE, Palo Alto, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.&rdquo; by Oscar Wilde

KatalyticReaction GOLD, Frisco, Texas
17 articles 1 photo 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We need more completely sane people doing completely crazy things.&rdquo; -Hank Green

Nonfiction
CestSiBon SILVER, ORINDA, California
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment
Nonfiction
By Sumit Shetye BRONZE
Irvine, California
Sumit Shetye BRONZE, Irvine, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Rebry PLATINUM, Longmont, Colorado
20 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Self education is better than none&quot;<br /> &quot;True poetry is the quintessence of the hidden soul.&quot;