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By maxxykat94 PLATINUM
Centreville, Virginia

Most everyone who sees me calls me beautiful. Bella. Lovely. Gorgeous. Mostly beautiful. If you heard that on any old day, I’m sure you would congratulate me. “How lucky you are,”...
maxxykat94 PLATINUM, Centreville, Virginia
29 articles 4 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do everything with excellence.


Nonfiction
By Anonymous
Nonfiction
By Writer4Life_21 SILVER
No Where, Maryland
Writer4Life_21 SILVER, No Where, Maryland
5 articles 2 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you don't know where your going, you will end up someplace else." - Yogi Bera

.riley.bonjour.la.freek. GOLD, Charlotte, North Carolina
10 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s not about where you are, it&#039;s about who you are. -Riley (me)<br /> do you remember when you were four, and everything was possible? I remember those days, but dang, i gotta get back to reality. -Riley (me)

Brook_Dlin SILVER, Joplin, Missouri
6 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Man can no more diminish God&#039;s glory by refusing to worship him, then a mad man can put out the sun by writing the word &#039;darkness&#039; on the walls of his cell&quot;---C.S. Lewis

Nonfiction
By A.C.Worsham GOLD
Cocoa, Florida
A.C.Worsham GOLD, Cocoa, Florida
15 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We can&#039;t just slay the dragon with our bear hands!&quot;<br /> &quot;Yeah, we need gloves!&quot;<br /> -Spongebob

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By SimplyRachel PLATINUM
Charlotte, North Carolina
SimplyRachel PLATINUM, Charlotte, North Carolina
48 articles 6 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift, that&#039;s why we call it the present.&quot;<br /> ~Unknown<br /> &quot;Things change, friends leave, and life doesn&#039;t stop for anybody.&quot;<br /> ~Stepgen Chbosky

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austinxciomax BRONZE, Arvada, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 17 comments
Nonfiction
By sparklequeen BRONZE
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
sparklequeen BRONZE, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, who never yawn or say a commonplace thing&quot; --jack kerouac

Nonfiction
By singergurl12 GOLD
Jacksonville, Florida
singergurl12 GOLD, Jacksonville, Florida
15 articles 0 photos 190 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fairy tales are true, not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten.