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By futureroscoe BRONZE
Cobham, Other

[Christmas Eve, 24th of December, 2013] I quietly hand my British passport over to the check-in lady. She beams at me, the bright cherry scarf tucked neatly around her neck set...
futureroscoe BRONZE, Cobham, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;It&#039;s funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that&#039;s why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It&#039;s not the pain they&#039;re getting over, it&#039;s the love.&rdquo; <br /> ― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.&rdquo; <br /> ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars


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blueolive GOLD, Bowmanville, Other
13 articles 2 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You cant go looking for love, you have to let love find you&quot;.

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By futureroscoe BRONZE
Cobham, Other
futureroscoe BRONZE, Cobham, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;It&#039;s funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that&#039;s why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It&#039;s not the pain they&#039;re getting over, it&#039;s the love.&rdquo; <br /> ― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.&rdquo; <br /> ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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By austenclarke BRONZE
Pasco, Washington
austenclarke BRONZE, Pasco, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By Anonymous
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By Icithra PLATINUM
Arlington, Massachusetts
Icithra PLATINUM, Arlington, Massachusetts
26 articles 0 photos 46 comments

Favorite Quote:
The wastebasket is a writer&#039;s best friend. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

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TheOceansBlackBird SILVER, Richmond, California
9 articles 14 photos 115 comments

Favorite Quote:
One persons craziness is another persons reality<br /> -Tim Burton<br /> <br /> and then there&#039;s this one<br /> ╭&cap;╮(︶︿︶)╭&cap;╮

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Melissa78952 BRONZE, Paramount, California
3 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.&rdquo; -Bill Gates

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By rileydefeo BRONZE
Los Angeles, California
rileydefeo BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
4 articles 2 photos 1 comment
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By Anonymous