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Jazz Girl MAG
By Afanen PLATINUM
Santa Rosa, California

She, I have decided, is like jazz. Not big band, not Glenn Miller's brassy swing or blasting trumpets. Cool jazz, smoky quiet New Orleans jazz, born from boredom and a need...
Afanen PLATINUM, Santa Rosa, California
49 articles 0 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;But you see, Meg, just because we don&#039;t understand doesn&#039;t mean that the explanation doesn&#039;t exist.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> - Madeleine L&#039;Engle, A Wrinkle in Time


#28642 Poetry
By Kriiistenify GOLD
Gastonia, North Carolina
Kriiistenify GOLD, Gastonia, North Carolina
13 articles 10 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If a person offends you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick.&rdquo;- Mark Twain

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By Ryan Garcia BRONZE
Felton, California
Ryan Garcia BRONZE, Felton, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By Theresa Mapp SILVER
La Mesa, California
Theresa Mapp SILVER, La Mesa, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By Anonymous
#28646 Poetry
By R.T.W.K BRONZE
Arvada, Colorado
R.T.W.K BRONZE, Arvada, Colorado
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Knowledge and awareness are vague, and perhaps better called illusions. Everyone lives within their own subjective interpretation.&quot;~Uchiha Itachi

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The Edge MAG
By Anonymous
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By JayRaj SILVER
Ahmedabad, Other
JayRaj SILVER, Ahmedabad, Other
5 articles 0 photos 5 comments
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Brianna414 GOLD, Baltimore, Maryland
11 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
live, life, love

#28650 Poetry
By M1ck3y SILVER
Cincinnati, Ohio
M1ck3y SILVER, Cincinnati, Ohio
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise&rdquo;<br /> -Alden Nowlan