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#5521voted by our readers
By madisonkaeli BRONZE
Naperville, Illinois

He paced back and forth on the balcony in the bitter winter cold; trying to come up with a valid excuse for why he opened up the hard liquor on a Wednesday night, if that was even...
madisonkaeli BRONZE, Naperville, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
"I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.."


#5522 Nonfiction
By Virginia PLATINUM
Bartonville, Texas
Virginia PLATINUM, Bartonville, Texas
21 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
And yet, through the gloom and the light,<br /> The fate of a nation was riding that night<br /> And the flame struck out by the steed in its flight<br /> Kindled the land into flame with its heat<br /> <br /> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#5523 Nonfiction
By JazzyClarinet2011 BRONZE
Rayne, Louisiana
JazzyClarinet2011 BRONZE, Rayne, Louisiana
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#5525 Nonfiction
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#5526 Nonfiction
By Superblip BRONZE
Atascadero, California
Superblip BRONZE, Atascadero, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5527 Nonfiction
By Antonellisa1221 BRONZE
Highland Village, Texas
Antonellisa1221 BRONZE, Highland Village, Texas
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#5528 Nonfiction
By theMAINEevent BRONZE
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
theMAINEevent BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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#5529 Nonfiction
By akoki BRONZE
Weddington, North Carolina
akoki BRONZE, Weddington, North Carolina
3 articles 1 photo 0 comments
#5530 Nonfiction
By Lebrezie BRONZE
Athens, Georgia
Lebrezie BRONZE, Athens, Georgia
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Once a war happens, the fate of the whole world changes. How? Because someone always dies. And when one person dies, the rest of the world lives their whole lives one person short.&quot;