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By AlaskaFrost GOLD
Acushnet, Massachusetts

A gleam of cold white flashes in a smile across the body as doe eyes scream back. A jagged lip curves upward in a metallic, toothy grin as if to say, “Guess what’s for dinner...
AlaskaFrost GOLD, Acushnet, Massachusetts
17 articles 7 photos 131 comments

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By sunshine925 GOLD
Sugar Land, Texas
sunshine925 GOLD, Sugar Land, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
" You're only as tall as your heart will let you be and you're only as small as the world will make you seem." - Christofer Drew Ingle

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By The.Beirded.Turkey PLATINUM
Midlothian, Illinois
The.Beirded.Turkey PLATINUM, Midlothian, Illinois
36 articles 2 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Dr. Martin Luther King Is Not A Black Hero, He&#039;s An AMERICAN Hero. ~Morgan Freeman<br /> An Eye For An Eye Ends Up Making The Whole World Blind. ~Mahatma Gandhi

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By kimpossiblebyday GOLD
South San Francisco, California
kimpossiblebyday GOLD, South San Francisco, California
12 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I began to view the world at large through borrowed eyes more like those I wanted to own: hopeful.&quot; -Ellen Hopkins

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By Firlie SILVER
Deer Park, Ohio
Firlie SILVER, Deer Park, Ohio
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I want people to understand that if they kill a whale, they&#039;ve got a dead whale.&quot; -Good Omens

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By PaigeStreet PLATINUM
Juneau, Alaska
PaigeStreet PLATINUM, Juneau, Alaska
47 articles 0 photos 218 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Stay golden&quot;<br /> - Johnny (The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton)

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By ellemandora BRONZE
Port Washington, New York
ellemandora BRONZE, Port Washington, New York
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The mind is not a book to be opened at will and examined at leisure.

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By Tiffiny22 GOLD
Warrenton, Virginia
Tiffiny22 GOLD, Warrenton, Virginia
11 articles 1 photo 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Lose one friend, lose all friends, lose yourself&quot; - boy meets world.<br /> &quot;Dreams don&#039;t always have to exist while the sun&#039;s down and your eyes are shut.&quot; - Alex Gaskarth

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By LittleLadybird GOLD
Carrickfergus, Other
LittleLadybird GOLD, Carrickfergus, Other
14 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
To be nobody but yourself in a world that is trying it&#039;s hardest every night and day to change you into everyone else is to fight the hardest battle a human being can fight, and never stop fighting.