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By annmariemeyer GOLD
Atkinson, Nebraska

Most people think freshman year is all about the parties, guys, and girls, drinking, and dating. Well in my eyes those things don’t really matter because freshman year really means...
annmariemeyer GOLD, Atkinson, Nebraska
13 articles 0 photos 6 comments

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“Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”-C.S. Lewis


#10072 Nonfiction
By emilykim151 BRONZE
Ashburn, Virginia
emilykim151 BRONZE, Ashburn, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By Anonymous
#10074 Nonfiction
Katsa13 GOLD, Axtell, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't make someone a priority if all you are to them is an option - Josh Shipp

#10075 Nonfiction
oszewczyk BRONZE, Harvey, Louisiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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Houkakyou BRONZE, Potomac, Maryland
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
EmDurka BRONZE, Papillion, Nebraska
4 articles 1 photo 0 comments
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By DianaAguilar BRONZE
Aurora, Oregon
DianaAguilar BRONZE, Aurora, Oregon
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#10079 Nonfiction
By Unsure SILVER
Kissimmee, Florida
Unsure SILVER, Kissimmee, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you two are meant to be, then he&#039;ll come back to you<br /> but if you are not meant to be, then you&#039;ll move on

#10080 Nonfiction
Nishat PLATINUM, New York, New York
24 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course.