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#23101voted by our readers
By Emma.H.96 DIAMOND
Kalamazoo, Michigan

You were never good for me. Maybe I should have been a little smarter A little more aware of what was happening That I, slowly, was becoming something I had never intended myse...
Emma.H.96 DIAMOND, Kalamazoo, Michigan
65 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better. -Anne Lamott, from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.


#23102 Nonfiction
By AbbyQ PLATINUM
Fairbanks, Alaska
AbbyQ PLATINUM, Fairbanks, Alaska
34 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When the coroner cuts me open, he will find ink in my veins and blood on my typewriter keys."

#23103 Nonfiction
By JacobSt.Clair BRONZE
Cumming, Georgia
JacobSt.Clair BRONZE, Cumming, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#23104 Nonfiction
#23105 Nonfiction
By sweetmelody BRONZE
San Jose, California
sweetmelody BRONZE, San Jose, California
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"We choose to go…not because it is easy, but because it is hard, because that goal will serve to measure and organize the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win." John F. Kennedy

#23106 Nonfiction
By Dixie15 BRONZE
Belvidere, Tennessee
Dixie15 BRONZE, Belvidere, Tennessee
1 article 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
life is like a box of chcolates you never know what your going to get.

#23107 Nonfiction
By Krose456 BRONZE
Indianapolis, Indiana
Krose456 BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#23108 Nonfiction
By dange1240 BRONZE
Millington, New Jersey
dange1240 BRONZE, Millington, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am the master of my fait, I am the captain of my soul" - Hemingway

#23109 Nonfiction
#23110 Nonfiction
By siharaj BRONZE
Charlotte, North Carolina
siharaj BRONZE, Charlotte, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments