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Nonfiction
By mjVAL SILVER
San José, Other

Stupid, right? My own journal. Well, if you can call it by that name these days. Would it now be a digital journal? Or the word defines the concept no matter the way it’s done? Too...
mjVAL SILVER, San José, Other
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can&rsquo;t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.&rdquo;<br /> ― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper


Nonfiction
By _ella_herondale BRONZE
San Diego, California
_ella_herondale BRONZE, San Diego, California
4 articles 2 photos 222 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...If the Thames that ran beside them...recalled a night where the moon shone as brightly as a shilling on the same boy and girl... and thought to themselves, &#039;at last, the wheel comes full circle,&#039; they kept their silence.&quot;

shallyisshally SILVER, Savannah, Georgia
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If God&#039;s the games that you are playing then we must get more acquainted, because it has to be so lonely to be the only one who&#039;s holy.&quot;

Prongs BRONZE, Karachi, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By TUBBZ-6 PLATINUM
Norwich, New York
TUBBZ-6 PLATINUM, Norwich, New York
22 articles 1 photo 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.&quot; - Harry Potter (Daniel)

Nonfiction
By rosdanjou BRONZE
Hopewell Junction, New York
rosdanjou BRONZE, Hopewell Junction, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you live to be 100, I hope to live 100 minus one day, so I never have to live without you.<br /> -Winnie the Pooh

Nonfiction
By persnicketylemon BRONZE
San Jose, California
persnicketylemon BRONZE, San Jose, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Cburns658 SILVER, Tewksbury, Massachusetts
6 articles 0 photos 4 comments
Nonfiction
By Anonymous
Nonfiction
By simonwz BRONZE
Walnut, California
simonwz BRONZE, Walnut, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I saw, I conquered&quot; - Julius Caesar