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#4251voted by our readers
By SecretNonConformist SILVER
Marblehead, Massachusetts

There was barely a square inch of clean purple rug showing in my tiny bedroom. Dolls, doll houses, doll clothes, and doll accessories covered the limited floor space. But I didn’t...
SecretNonConformist SILVER, Marblehead, Massachusetts
6 articles 0 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
The only thing necessary for the triumph of<br /> evil is for good men to do nothing.&quot; <br /> -Edmund Burke<br /> <br /> &quot;Bless the children, give them triumph, now!&quot;<br /> Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers


#4252 Nonfiction
By harneet1 BRONZE
San Antonio, Texas
harneet1 BRONZE, San Antonio, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#4253 Nonfiction
By Jessi-ca SILVER
Arvada, Colorado
Jessi-ca SILVER, Arvada, Colorado
7 articles 1 photo 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
It would be easy to say that the pants changed everything that summer. But looking back now I feel like our lives changed because they had to, and that the real magic of the pants was in bearing witness to all of this and in somehow holding us to get.

#4254 Nonfiction
Lady_Lemon GOLD, Franklin, Wisconsin
11 articles 1 photo 43 comments
#4255 Nonfiction
By JocieBradford BRONZE
Littleton, Colorado
JocieBradford BRONZE, Littleton, Colorado
4 articles 5 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Today is the tomorrow you feared yesterday.

#4256 Nonfiction
By EmilyLH SILVER
Tarrytown, New York
EmilyLH SILVER, Tarrytown, New York
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#4257 Nonfiction
By Nelu96 GOLD
Windhoek, Other
Nelu96 GOLD, Windhoek, Other
10 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life isn&#039;t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.&quot;- George Bernard Shaw

#4258 Nonfiction
Cora Hjelmberg BRONZE, Elkhorn, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#4259 Nonfiction
By retrojavi SILVER
Sacramento, California
retrojavi SILVER, Sacramento, California
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss

#4260 Nonfiction