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By ClaireBearH PLATINUM
McLean, Virginia

Life can overwhelm us with activities and work clamoring for our attention. As time rushes by like a raging current, I often forget to slow down and appreciate life for what it is:...
ClaireBearH PLATINUM, McLean, Virginia
20 articles 6 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.<br /> Aristotle Onassis


Nonfiction
By starwriter GOLD
Durango, Colorado
starwriter GOLD, Durango, Colorado
17 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Hearing voices no one else can hear isn&#039;t a good sign, even in the wizarding world. <br /> -J. K. Rowling

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By Anonymous
VickyNickyKitty SILVER, Lincolnton, North Carolina
5 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes!<br /> -Psalm 150:4

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By Becca95 SILVER
St. George, Utah
Becca95 SILVER, St. George, Utah
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Just because you call an electric eel a rubber duck doesn&#039;t make it a rubber duck does it? And God help the poor bastard who decides to take a bath with the duckie.&quot;<br /> -Jace Wayland; City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

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By bluelollipop506 SILVER
Hamden, Connecticut
bluelollipop506 SILVER, Hamden, Connecticut
9 articles 0 photos 3 comments
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By Anonymous
Nonfiction
volleywoods GOLD, Puxico, Missouri
10 articles 8 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I took the road less traveled and that made all the difference.&quot; ~ Robert Frost

Nonfiction
By mina11 GOLD
Sylvania, Ohio
mina11 GOLD, Sylvania, Ohio
10 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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By Matraca SILVER
Shawnee, Kansas
Matraca SILVER, Shawnee, Kansas
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A man kills a tiger and calls it sport. A tiger kills a man, he calls it slaughter.&quot; or &quot;If all of mankind lay in one grave, the epitaph would read, &#039;It seemed like a good idea at the time!&#039;&quot;