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By XTheHybridOneX GOLD
Richmond, Virginia

I wish I had the power of the sun. Not the physical effects necessarily but instead in the metaphoric sense. I want to be like the sun I want to be able to shine and overpower da...
XTheHybridOneX GOLD, Richmond, Virginia
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Just brighten up, smile, and live it up."


#22802 Nonfiction
By abbyg SILVER
Bel Air, Maryland
abbyg SILVER, Bel Air, Maryland
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You are the smell before rain, you are the blood in my veins."

#22803 Nonfiction
Nour.Farid BRONZE, Cairo, Other
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#22804 Nonfiction
By BeckaLynn27 BRONZE
Mayslick, Kentucky
BeckaLynn27 BRONZE, Mayslick, Kentucky
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#22805 Nonfiction
Written-in-ink SILVER, Asheboro, North Carolina
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”

#22806 Nonfiction
By CarterTomich GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
CarterTomich GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#22807 Nonfiction
By kimpossiblebyday GOLD
South San Francisco, California
kimpossiblebyday GOLD, South San Francisco, California
12 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I began to view the world at large through borrowed eyes more like those I wanted to own: hopeful." -Ellen Hopkins

#22808 Nonfiction
rots28 DIAMOND, East Hampton, Connecticut
85 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you&#039;re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone&#039;s feelings.&quot; <br /> &mdash; David Sedaris (Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim)

hannahkm2003 BRONZE, Durham, Maine
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#22810 Nonfiction
By pinkplants PLATINUM
Brandon, Mississippi
pinkplants PLATINUM, Brandon, Mississippi
39 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.&rdquo; <br /> ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel