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By swmacd95 BRONZE
Monrovia, Maryland

Why has my life come to this inevitable fate? What have I done to face this consequence at hand? I have done nothing wrong! My body does not crave pleasure from the devil, I don...
swmacd95 BRONZE, Monrovia, Maryland
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By LydiaC94 SILVER
Union, Kentucky
LydiaC94 SILVER, Union, Kentucky
9 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: it goes on.<br /> ~ Robert Frost <br /> Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That&#039;s why it&#039;s called the present. <br /> ~ Unknown<br /> In the end, it&#039;s not going to matter how many

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By WintersRevenge PLATINUM
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
WintersRevenge PLATINUM, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
29 articles 1 photo 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yay! I love being purple!&quot; ~Patrick Star, Spongebob Squarepants

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By ShadowDancer GOLD
Spokane, Washington
ShadowDancer GOLD, Spokane, Washington
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead- Benjamin Franklin

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By believerinlove17 GOLD
Union, Kentucky
believerinlove17 GOLD, Union, Kentucky
12 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fear not, For I am with you. <br /> Isaiha 41:10

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By dunguen1 GOLD
Louiisville, Kentucky
dunguen1 GOLD, Louiisville, Kentucky
11 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Find the light to help you out of the dark taht is never to far behind and cling to it because once you go into the unknown you will never be the same, if at all you will be different and different is good.&quot; -Unknown

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By lookingformargo SILVER
Ithaca, New York
lookingformargo SILVER, Ithaca, New York
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
A child said, &quot;What is the grass?&quot; fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven... and now it seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves. -Walt Whitman, Leaves Of Grass<br /> <br /> <br /> We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and falling. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail. -Looking For Alaska<br /> <br /> Here&#039;s what&#039;s not beautiful about it: from here, you can&#039;t see the rust or the cracked paint or whatever, but you can tell what the place really is. You see how fake it all is. It&#039;s not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. It&#039;s a paper town. I mean look at it, Q: look at all those cul-de-sacs, those streets that turn in on themselves, all the houses that were built to fall apart. All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm. All the paper kids drinking beer some bum bought for them at the paper convenience store. Everyone demented with the mania of owning things. All the things paper-thin and paper-frail. And all the people, too. I&#039;ve lived here for eighteen years and I have never once in my life come across anyone who cares about anything that matters. -Paper Towns<br /> <br /> It is so hard to leave&mdash;until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world. -Paper Towns<br /> <br /> Elsewhere the landscape is more frank.<br /> The light falls without letup, blindingly. - A Life, Sylvia Plath

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By Madison Knapp BRONZE
Westwood, New Jersey
Madison Knapp BRONZE, Westwood, New Jersey
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By TakingFlightxx GOLD
Bristow, Virginia
TakingFlightxx GOLD, Bristow, Virginia
14 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Believe you can and you&#039;re halfway there&quot;