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#18121voted by our readers
By lanainwonderland BRONZE
Clifton, New Jersey

I used to think it was you who needed me. That I was the one helping you to love yourself and not care what other people thought. Maybe that’s true. But lately, I find that it’s me...
lanainwonderland BRONZE, Clifton, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts." - Albert Einstein


#18122 Nonfiction
By michael quinn SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
michael quinn SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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#18123 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#18124 Nonfiction
Andranice BRONZE, Wilbraham, Massachusetts
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#18125 Nonfiction
DifferentTeen PLATINUM, Seaford, Delaware
32 articles 2 photos 329 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There’s no such thing as true love, just spurts of insanity—falling over and over again, thinking that won’t happen to me"

#18126 Nonfiction
Katie Dec BRONZE, Auburn, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#18127 Nonfiction
By zoid123 GOLD
Charlotte, Vermont
zoid123 GOLD, Charlotte, Vermont
15 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
Trying to be someone your not is a waste of the person you currently are.

#18128 Nonfiction
JayLeighF BRONZE, Goose Lake, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#18129 Nonfiction
By lucyliman SILVER
Chicago, Illinois
lucyliman SILVER, Chicago, Illinois
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#18130 Nonfiction
By sirkkamiller BRONZE
San Francisco, California
sirkkamiller BRONZE, San Francisco, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you live to be a hundred, I hope I live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live a day without you"