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Nonfiction
By Whitehorse144 SILVER
Templeton, Pennsylvania

I was fooled. Wasn't I? You promised me over and over that you didn't want to do the drugs anymore. You told me that was the past and that you didn't want any part...
Whitehorse144 SILVER, Templeton, Pennsylvania
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
The past is practice.


Nonfiction
By sweinberg BRONZE
Mesa, Arizona
sweinberg BRONZE, Mesa, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become."- Charles Du Bos

Nonfiction
By Anonymous
Nonfiction
By Anelamailani GOLD
Vancouver, Washington
Anelamailani GOLD, Vancouver, Washington
16 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
A true friend is a promise you keep forever.

rundontwalk SILVER, Perth, Other
8 articles 8 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Go within and scale the depths of your being from which your very life springs forth.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Rainer Maria Rilke

PenInHand06 BRONZE, Urbana, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I didn&#039;t pay much attention to the whistles and whoops, in fact, I didn&#039;t quite hear them. I was full of a strange feeling, as if I were two people. One of them was Norma Jeane from the orphanage who belonged to nobody; the other was someone whose name I didn&#039;t know. But I knew where she belonged; she belonged to the ocean and the sky and the whole world.&quot;<br /> Marilyn Monroe

Nonfiction
By TheNovaClytie PLATINUM
Woodhaven, Michigan
TheNovaClytie PLATINUM, Woodhaven, Michigan
30 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
If I could run away from my problems, I&#039;d probably get lost, and then new problems would find me.<br /> ~Shelby Seeley

Nonfiction
By Susana BRONZE
Chicago, Illinois
Susana BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
cmeo23 BRONZE, Mesa, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By horsegirl27 GOLD
Los Angeles, California
horsegirl27 GOLD, Los Angeles, California
11 articles 5 photos 129 comments

Favorite Quote:
A dog comes when called; a cat takes a message and gets back to you