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By Mohit Mookim SILVER
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

I was twelve years old, just young enough to mishandle the situation that was waiting to unfold but just old enough to comprehend the gist of it. We were to wait near the Bombay ro...
Mohit Mookim SILVER, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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By @ReasonsForJoy GOLD
Hingham, Massachusetts
@ReasonsForJoy GOLD, Hingham, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Hate? Hate is easy. But love... Love is hard."

Nonfiction
By EPluribusUnum DIAMOND
Woodbine, Maryland
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

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By EPluribusUnum DIAMOND
Woodbine, Maryland
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

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By thegoldenllama BRONZE
Cupertino, California
thegoldenllama BRONZE, Cupertino, California
2 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
猿も木から落ちる。

TheSplitPersonalityAuthor BRONZE, Kentwood, Louisiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
A well-developed character doesn&#039;t listen to the author, the author listens to it.

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StephenieReneeBaker SILVER, Colorado, Colorado
7 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don&#039;t promise my forever when your just going to break my heart.

Nonfiction
By cut-out-ur-eyes SILVER
Mechicsvil, Virginia
cut-out-ur-eyes SILVER, Mechicsvil, Virginia
5 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
See the animal in his cage that you built. Are you sure what side you&#039;re on? What if everything around you, Isn&#039;t quite as it seems? What if all the world you think you know, Is an elaborate dream? -Nine Inch Nails

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By TeenageHearts BRONZE
Hamden, Connecticut
TeenageHearts BRONZE, Hamden, Connecticut
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light&quot;--Albus Dumbledore