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By PhillyGirl18 BRONZE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I was four, I didn’t understand why you were here, only that you were. You were different from the rest of the family, I couldn’t understand what you were saying to me. You didn’t...
PhillyGirl18 BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's always darkest before the dawn" - Florence+ The Machine


Nonfiction
By Bloodprints GOLD
Bay Area, California
Bloodprints GOLD, Bay Area, California
14 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you speak to a man in a language he understands, it will go to his head. But if you speak to a man in his language, it will go to his heart.

Nonfiction
By LydiaC94 SILVER
Union, Kentucky
LydiaC94 SILVER, Union, Kentucky
9 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: it goes on.<br /> ~ Robert Frost <br /> Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That&#039;s why it&#039;s called the present. <br /> ~ Unknown<br /> In the end, it&#039;s not going to matter how many

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By M.Sulli BRONZE
Little Rock, Arkansas
M.Sulli BRONZE, Little Rock, Arkansas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
YoshiVisa GOLD, Plainsboro, New Jersey
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By NicAliceF GOLD
Tacoma, Washington
NicAliceF GOLD, Tacoma, Washington
12 articles 1 photo 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. <br /> Ernest Hemingway

Nonfiction
JordynFlowers GOLD, Murrieta, California
11 articles 10 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life&#039;s not always rainbows and butterflies, it&#039;s compromise. It moves us along.&quot;-Maroon 5

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lemonzter BRONZE, Tacloban, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By JinxxyWinxxy BRONZE
Hull, Other
JinxxyWinxxy BRONZE, Hull, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Easy peasy, pumpkin peasy.

Nonfiction
By lipglosser PLATINUM
Merrimack, New Hampshire
lipglosser PLATINUM, Merrimack, New Hampshire
22 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.&quot; -Khalil Gibran