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By ForeverFelix PLATINUM
Catasauqua, Pennsylvania

The cold sunk into my bone despite the soft, leather jacket I had on. My fingers brushed it continuously for comfort. I watched the sky, so much like five days before when this mom...
ForeverFelix PLATINUM, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
30 articles 2 photos 207 comments

Favorite Quote:
Daydreams can be worse than nightmares, but that never stops me.


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By Anonymous
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By Anonymous
#9654 Nonfiction
By Love-is-painful BRONZE
Phoenix, Arizona
Love-is-painful BRONZE, Phoenix, Arizona
4 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live what you do, do what you love, Broken hearts hurt worse than broken bones

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RashidaWrites GOLD, Somewhere, Iowa
17 articles 1 photo 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" (Robert Frost), "For when dreams go. Life is a barren field. Frozen with snow" (Langston Hughes).

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By Anonymous
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By lbeer BRONZE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
lbeer BRONZE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child.&quot;<br /> -Anonymous

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By MRags SILVER
Hillsborough, New Jersey
MRags SILVER, Hillsborough, New Jersey
5 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Shit happens.&quot; ~my mother

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By Ashley.Noel SILVER
Lugoff, South Carolina
Ashley.Noel SILVER, Lugoff, South Carolina
7 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t always wait for opportunity to knock; sometimes you have to knock the door off its hinges and pumble opportunity in the streets.&quot;<br /> ~ Lisa Landry, &quot;Sister, Sister&quot;

#9660 Nonfiction
By Raku11 BRONZE
Minneapolis , Minnesota
Raku11 BRONZE, Minneapolis , Minnesota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments