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By soletmar BRONZE
Dobbs Ferry, New York

I was seven years old when I first cracked open a Harry Potter book. I was not the most enthusiastic reader at the time. In fact, I was probably the slowest in my class. I spent wh...
soletmar BRONZE, Dobbs Ferry, New York
3 articles 24 photos 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you wanna be a dancer dance/ In you wanna be a miner mine/ If you wanna dress like somebody else/ Fine fine fine/ Cause what the hell is wrong with expressing yourself/ And trying to be free?&quot;<br /> Draco: &quot;You know they don&#039;t have dances at pigfarts.&quot;


Nonfiction
By shadowolf239 BRONZE
Port Jefferson, New York
shadowolf239 BRONZE, Port Jefferson, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;One does not need eyes to see, for sometimes one cannot see with their eyes...instead they must see with their hearts&quot; ~Gorrow

Nonfiction
By Anonymous
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By Jimmer BRONZE
Cedar Hills, Utah
Jimmer BRONZE, Cedar Hills, Utah
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By IzzieMarie BRONZE
Wilmington, Delaware
IzzieMarie BRONZE, Wilmington, Delaware
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
O yea.

Gettysburg63 PLATINUM, Waukesha, Wisconsin
23 articles 1 photo 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do... the body is never tired if the mind is not tired.&quot; -General George S. Patton

Nonfiction
Thankful MAG
By Gettysburg63 PLATINUM
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Gettysburg63 PLATINUM, Waukesha, Wisconsin
23 articles 1 photo 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do... the body is never tired if the mind is not tired.&quot; -General George S. Patton

broadway_broad SILVER, Chicago, Illinois
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Burbury BRONZE, Marion, Ohio
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By MaryTD PLATINUM
Burns, Oregon
MaryTD PLATINUM, Burns, Oregon
42 articles 68 photos 105 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To be great you must first be good.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I&#039;m not going to stay dead the rest of my life!&quot; - Theo in The Kestrel