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By the_rachel_bee BRONZE
Danville, Virginia

We are at Wal-Mart at eight in the morning. As soon as we walk through the swift automatic glass doors and are blown with the un-refreshing breeze from the strange floor fan, we tr...
the_rachel_bee BRONZE, Danville, Virginia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. (They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz.) And as I lay there, it occurred to me that God is up there somewhere. Of course, I had always known He was, but this time I felt it, I realized it, the way people realize they are hungry or thirsty. The knowledge of God seeped out of my brain and into my heart. I imagined Him looking down on this earth, half angry because His beloved mankind had cheated on Him, had committed adultery, and yet hopelessly in love with her, drunk with love for her." -Donald Miller


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By akstory GOLD
West Palm Beach, Florida
akstory GOLD, West Palm Beach, Florida
11 articles 3 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is our choices . . . that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. <br /> ~ J. K. Rowling

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Choirgirl SILVER, Las Cruces, New Mexico
7 articles 0 photos 22 comments
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InsomniaticWriter SILVER, Freehold, New Jersey
9 articles 1 photo 1 comment
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By Mearin BRONZE
Bangalore, Other
Mearin BRONZE, Bangalore, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you want to be happy,be..&quot;

Mustabeen BRONZE, Dhaka, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they&#039;re going to be when you kill them. <br /> -William Clayton

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By heythar SILVER
San Jose, California
heythar SILVER, San Jose, California
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A girl doesn&#039;t need anyone who doesn&#039;t need her.&quot;<br /> --Marilyn Monroe