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By sweetly_broken GOLD
Garner, North Carolina

The music on the radio played in a hushed melody, muffled by the cadence of frigid winter rain cascading onto the windshield. An obtuse numbness to the host of sounds overwhelming...
sweetly_broken GOLD, Garner, North Carolina
15 articles 0 photos 157 comments

Favorite Quote:
We never know how big we are until we are asked to rise.


Nonfiction
By Hey,Unloving. BRONZE
Wayne, New Jersey
Hey,Unloving. BRONZE, Wayne, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am not young enough to know everything. ~Oscar Wilde

Nonfiction
By Kaycie SILVER
Wichita Falls, Texas
Kaycie SILVER, Wichita Falls, Texas
7 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Kill them with kindness."

Nonfiction
By upinflight BRONZE
Gaithersburg, Maryland
upinflight BRONZE, Gaithersburg, Maryland
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
Nonfiction
By NateFeuer99 SILVER
Flushing, New York
NateFeuer99 SILVER, Flushing, New York
7 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.&quot;<br /> -Dumbledore

Nonfiction
By WhiteHart PLATINUM
Newberry, Florida
WhiteHart PLATINUM, Newberry, Florida
26 articles 4 photos 5 comments
Nonfiction
Anthony Marrone BRONZE, Acworth, Georgia
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments
ggoldstein96 BRONZE, Memphis, Tennessee
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By LaurenBeard GOLD
Leesburg, Virginia
LaurenBeard GOLD, Leesburg, Virginia
16 articles 1 photo 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.&rdquo;<br /> -Jack London

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By Akila94 BRONZE
South Brunswick Township, New Jersey
Akila94 BRONZE, South Brunswick Township, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment