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By KatsK DIAMOND
Saint Paul, Minnesota

I do not remember the last time someone called me beautiful. Looking in the mirror, I see none of the beauty that grants my peers. I have neither alabaster skin nor silky hair, nor...
KatsK DIAMOND, Saint Paul, Minnesota
57 articles 0 photos 301 comments

Favorite Quote:
Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.<br /> ~Hans Hofmann<br /> You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.<br /> ~Ray Bradbury


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By Leigh116 PLATINUM
Easley, South Carolina
Leigh116 PLATINUM, Easley, South Carolina
41 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We&#039;re all mad here.&quot; -Alice in Wonderland

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Ashesbrookejackson BRONZE, Fair, Alaska
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To the world you might be one person but to one person you might be the world&quot;

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By Cavatica_Hawthorne BRONZE
Cedar Park, Texas
Cavatica_Hawthorne BRONZE, Cedar Park, Texas
3 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;What makes a man a man? A friend of mine once wondered. Is it his origins? The way he comes to life? I don&#039;t think so. It&#039;s the choices he makes. Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them.&quot; - Hellboy Movie

Schmidty6868 BRONZE, Freeland, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By bogeycoco SILVER
Santa Barbara, California
bogeycoco SILVER, Santa Barbara, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.&rdquo; <br /> ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I hope she&#039;ll be a fool -- that&#039;s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.&rdquo; <br /> ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.&rdquo;<br /> &mdash;Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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By ThomasM65 BRONZE
Plymouth, Massachusetts
ThomasM65 BRONZE, Plymouth, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments