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By dgeileen PLATINUM
Livingston, New Jersey

Focus, my mom tells me. I know, I tell her. I turn around to start my homework but the window beckons me to look outside. I see a squirrel, who I swear is g...
dgeileen PLATINUM, Livingston, New Jersey
31 articles 2 photos 107 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.&rdquo; <br /> ― Oscar Wilde


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By dgeileen PLATINUM
Livingston, New Jersey
dgeileen PLATINUM, Livingston, New Jersey
31 articles 2 photos 107 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.&rdquo; <br /> ― Oscar Wilde

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By Kailey_H424 PLATINUM
Portland, Maine
Kailey_H424 PLATINUM, Portland, Maine
30 articles 27 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Treat others the way you want to be treated. (my mother)<br /> I am, I am, I am (Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar)

Kailey_H424 PLATINUM, Portland, Maine
30 articles 27 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Treat others the way you want to be treated. (my mother)<br /> I am, I am, I am (Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar)

Skye Turunen Dubourg GOLD, London, Other
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Silent-change GOLD, Parow, Other
13 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;d rather you tell me the truth and make me cry, than tell me a lie and make smile.

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By AtlanticSigh SILVER
Waukee, Iowa
AtlanticSigh SILVER, Waukee, Iowa
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I think the best part of writing about people is that when you lose them, you don&#039;t lose the feelings you had for them. You can always find them again.

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By Elvin314 BRONZE
Silver Spring, Maryland
Elvin314 BRONZE, Silver Spring, Maryland
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.&quot;-Friedrich Nietzsche

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By Ray--yo PLATINUM
Kathmandu, Other
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
43 articles 2 photos 581 comments

Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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By goetz_17 SILVER
Odessa, Washington
goetz_17 SILVER, Odessa, Washington
9 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can&#039;t handle me at my worst you sure as hell don&#039;t deserve me at my best.&quot; -Marilyn Monroe