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Nonfiction
By Bananski SILVER
San Carlos, California

I carry the knowledge of who I use to be. Dry, cracked hands. Elaborate mental maps rife with red zones. A horrendous pair of chartreuse sweatpants. The conviction that I could not...
Bananski SILVER, San Carlos, California
6 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions.&rdquo;<br /> - Jane Goodall


Nonfiction
By Paigers97 GOLD
Stanardsville, Virginia
Paigers97 GOLD, Stanardsville, Virginia
17 articles 2 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Imagination is more important than knowledge.&quot; --Albert Einstein

Nonfiction
By khs1195 BRONZE
Tenafly, New Jersey
khs1195 BRONZE, Tenafly, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
khs1195 BRONZE, Tenafly, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By justin wain BRONZE
Holmdel, New Jersey
justin wain BRONZE, Holmdel, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
amaymill BRONZE, Erlanger, Kentucky
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
Miskyella BRONZE, Cusco, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
andante BRONZE, Hemet, California
2 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
How slow life is, <br /> How violent hope is.<br /> --Guillaume Apollinaire

Nonfiction
By LexiDawn SILVER
Sanford, North Carolina
LexiDawn SILVER, Sanford, North Carolina
9 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;It was books that me made feel that, perhaps, I was not completely alone.&quot;

Nonfiction
By dysfuntellect DIAMOND
Yorktown, Virginia
dysfuntellect DIAMOND, Yorktown, Virginia
65 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything that you want is on the other side of fear- George Adair