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By jkedwards PLATINUM
West Branch, Iowa

It was just tea. Just some hot water, some sugar, and a tea bag, or “beg” as he says it in his mid-western accent. It doesn’t mean anything. He probably won’t even drink it, I tho...
jkedwards PLATINUM, West Branch, Iowa
35 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Nonfiction
By Lili Lan Visgilio BRONZE
Providence, Rhode Island
Lili Lan Visgilio BRONZE, Providence, Rhode Island
2 articles 4 photos 0 comments
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Motherofpearl GOLD, Paxton, Illinois
11 articles 10 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? -Rainer Maria Rilke

pizza4president BRONZE, Bangor, Maine
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By amaral SILVER
Grants Pass, Oregon
amaral SILVER, Grants Pass, Oregon
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Stay Golden.

Kisses-A BRONZE, Redondo Beach, California
3 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
And in that moment, I swear, we were infinite.

Nonfiction
By Anonymous
Nonfiction
MuhammadMatin BRONZE, New Delhi, Other
3 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Nonfiction
By MuhammadMatin BRONZE
New Delhi, Other
MuhammadMatin BRONZE, New Delhi, Other
3 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Nonfiction
By zoerollo BRONZE
Morristown, New Jersey
zoerollo BRONZE, Morristown, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Like all good fruit the balance of life is in the ripe and ruin" in the song Interlude 1 by Alt-J