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By Light_Walker SILVER
Lafayette, Indiana

My life is an open book, From the hardback cover, From it’s soft and smooth pages, From it’s complex and difficult plot, From it’s fun and interesting characters, When ever I...
Light_Walker SILVER, Lafayette, Indiana
7 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
“There comes a time in our lives when we do things that we don’t understand. We confuse ourselves, we might even logically oppose our impulses and yet we act on them anyway... There are some things that we feel that we absolutely must do. We might know that they are wrong, or pointless, or gravely punishable, and yet we do them anyway. These actions are not born of anger or emotion – we are perfectly sober. It’s rather inexplicable. When the time comes, we can’t stop ourselves and so we cannot blame ourselves.” -Umasi, Truancy


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By caroleenuh SILVER
San Lorenzo, California
caroleenuh SILVER, San Lorenzo, California
5 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I write only because <br /> There is a voice within me <br /> That will not be still&rdquo; <br /> ― Sylvia Plath

Zoe-22-Turner DIAMOND, Beverly, Massachusetts
99 articles 33 photos 91 comments
Hiroshi-Oniisan-Chugi PLATINUM, Portsmouth, Virginia
23 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We have nothing to fear, but Fear itself.&quot; -F.D.R.

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By hbrhr PLATINUM
Granville, Ohio
hbrhr PLATINUM, Granville, Ohio
20 articles 0 photos 3 comments
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By jacqiebeth GOLD
Jackson, New Jersey
jacqiebeth GOLD, Jackson, New Jersey
14 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.&quot; -Dr. Suess

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By EbonyandIvory PLATINUM
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
EbonyandIvory PLATINUM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
28 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
Happiness is only a theory.<br /> Fate is my only enemy.

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By Simply_Ciara GOLD
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Simply_Ciara GOLD, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
11 articles 0 photos 11 comments
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By Kirkin BRONZE
Arklow, Other
Kirkin BRONZE, Arklow, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Those who mind don&#039;t matter, and those who matter don&#039;t mind.&quot;

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By hbrhr PLATINUM
Granville, Ohio
hbrhr PLATINUM, Granville, Ohio
20 articles 0 photos 3 comments