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By caladium GOLD
Temple City, California

Belonging to the camp of people lacking artistic ability, I spend a surprising amount of time indulging in the arts. When I was younger—say early middle school—I had a...
caladium GOLD, Temple City, California
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Favorite Quote:
The psychiatrist wants to know why I go out and hike around in the forests and watch the birds and collect the butterflies. --Clarisse McClellan


#30892 Nonfiction
By Serenah Covert BRONZE
Kalispell, Montana
Serenah Covert BRONZE, Kalispell, Montana
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By Anonymous
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By MiaBosyk BRONZE
Wyckoff, New Jersey
MiaBosyk BRONZE, Wyckoff, New Jersey
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#30895 Nonfiction
By purplemonkey95 GOLD
Harleysville, Pennsylvania
purplemonkey95 GOLD, Harleysville, Pennsylvania
13 articles 3 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
“It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#30898 Nonfiction
By cmore PLATINUM
North Vancouver, Other
cmore PLATINUM, North Vancouver, Other
20 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Why do I dance? Why do you breathe?"

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By Caroline McCormack BRONZE
Fairfield, Connecticut
Caroline McCormack BRONZE, Fairfield, Connecticut
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