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By FirstSteps5000 SILVER
Bethesda, Maryland

To sleep is to let go… When you are asleep, anything can happen Flying Away from the day’s pains To a better place Where the world can’t  Chain you wi...
FirstSteps5000 SILVER, Bethesda, Maryland
5 articles 0 photos 55 comments

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"If you reach for the stars, you'll just get the stars. Reach for the heavens and you get the stars thrown in." - unknown<br /> "These aren't just stories,"... …"They're whole kingdoms. They're worlds. They're perspectives and opinions you can't offer, from lives you haven't lived." - The Isle of the Lost<br /> "When someone does something hurtful, they have to admit it... [t]hen they have to be punished for it. And maybe then, if they apologize and change, maybe -maybe- *then* they get forgiven." - The One and Only Bob


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By maria-javed BRONZE
New Delhi, Other
maria-javed BRONZE, New Delhi, Other
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Take the day and leave us the moon carpe noctum and we will seize the night.

Alivia_40 BRONZE, Decatur, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By abbyroneker BRONZE
Lancaster, New York
abbyroneker BRONZE, Lancaster, New York
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By izzybee324 BRONZE
Campbell, California
izzybee324 BRONZE, Campbell, California
1 article 0 photos 2 comments
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By lydiagerges BRONZE
Franklin, Wisconsin
lydiagerges BRONZE, Franklin, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 21 comments
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By A_True_Ravenclaw SILVER
Wilmington, Delaware
A_True_Ravenclaw SILVER, Wilmington, Delaware
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There's a fine line between not listening and not caring, I like to think I walk that line everyday of my life."<br /> -Leonard Church/Epsilon

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By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
62 articles 87 photos 200 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both. <br /> - Native American proverb<br /> <br /> Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.<br /> - Dylan Thomas<br /> <br /> What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.<br /> - Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

kayleighflanagan BRONZE, Stoughton, Massachusetts
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Be the change you want to see.”

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By Hiroshima SILVER
Raeford, North Carolina
Hiroshima SILVER, Raeford, North Carolina
7 articles 3 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
Perseverance is not one long race, but many short races one after the other<br /> -Walter Elliott