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#16041voted by our readers
By Akeem17 BRONZE
Wilmington, Delaware

Hi, my name is Akeem and I recently moved to the US to live. Before coming here, I lived in Jamaica. Now growing up in Jamaica can be fun, but there is one thing I always dreade...
Akeem17 BRONZE, Wilmington, Delaware
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#16042 Nonfiction
By futureroscoe BRONZE
Cobham, Other
futureroscoe BRONZE, Cobham, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;It&#039;s funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that&#039;s why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It&#039;s not the pain they&#039;re getting over, it&#039;s the love.&rdquo; <br /> ― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.&rdquo; <br /> ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

#16043 Nonfiction
By Cam_Benson BRONZE
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Cam_Benson BRONZE, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t put anything dumb for your quote&quot; ~Mom

#16044 Nonfiction
By BlueEyeddAngle BRONZE
Liberty Center, Ohio
BlueEyeddAngle BRONZE, Liberty Center, Ohio
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
when the world says &quot;give up&quot; hope whispers &quot;try it one more time&quot;

#16045 Nonfiction
CreativeWriter86 PLATINUM, None, Louisiana
31 articles 1 photo 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
One day I will be who I wanna be, no one will tell ME what to do, it will be MY life that I will live for myself.

deonte_crenshaw4 BRONZE, Lapine, Alabama
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#16047 Nonfiction
talia_is_happy GOLD, Amarillo, Texas
18 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who mind- don&#039;t matter, and the people who matter- don&#039;t mind.&quot;<br /> -Dr. Seuss

#16048 Nonfiction
By MikeK SILVER
Monticello, Illinois
MikeK SILVER, Monticello, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The purpose of life is a life of purpose

Caroline Williford BRONZE, Rye, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#16050 Nonfiction
By P.K.Pierson BRONZE
Dallas, Texas
P.K.Pierson BRONZE, Dallas, Texas
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments