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By killerdimmer GOLD
Metro Manila, Other

I couldn’t compete with what we had and what we didn’t have. I lied when I said that I couldn’t handle the pain. The truth is I can maybe I just didn’t want to for you. I did...
killerdimmer GOLD, Metro Manila, Other
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Let it be.


Nonfiction
Believer17 SILVER, River Rouge, Michigan
9 articles 0 photos 7 comments
Nonfiction
By BlueSupernova ELITE
Cincinnati, Ohio
BlueSupernova ELITE, Cincinnati, Ohio
103 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Damn it, Ted!"

Nonfiction
By ocaldwell53 BRONZE
Brooklyn, New York
ocaldwell53 BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.<br /> John F. Kennedy

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andarsene SILVER, Bowie, Maryland
6 articles 2 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.

Nonfiction
By mistyfoxmaid SILVER
Fort Lee, New Jersey
mistyfoxmaid SILVER, Fort Lee, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments
Dunes SILVER, Leander, Texas
5 articles 1 photo 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A room without books is like a body without soul.&quot; -Marcus Tullius Cicero

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By Scott Westman BRONZE
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Scott Westman BRONZE, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By TaylorJade BRONZE
Atlanta, Georgia
TaylorJade BRONZE, Atlanta, Georgia
3 articles 0 photos 33 comments

Favorite Quote:
You&#039;re not alive unless you&#039;re living.

Nonfiction
By CorianderLee BRONZE
Chesapeake, Virginia
CorianderLee BRONZE, Chesapeake, Virginia
1 article 5 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.&rdquo;