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By lindseydressop BRONZE
Edwardsville, Illinois

He said he didn't want her, after all this time. He said he's only human,  and humans change their minds. "maybe later on" he said, in attempt to slow her...
lindseydressop BRONZE, Edwardsville, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
Who you are is enough.


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By Butterflyele BRONZE
Center Harbor, New Hampshire
Butterflyele BRONZE, Center Harbor, New Hampshire
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Girls are like apples...the best ones are at the top of the trees. The boys don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples that are on the ground that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think there is something wrong with them, when, in reality, they are amazing. They just have to wait for the right boy to come along, the one who's brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree...”

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By RileyAllen SILVER
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
RileyAllen SILVER, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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By LilaLeon BRONZE
New York, New York
LilaLeon BRONZE, New York, New York
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more."

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escribir-es-respirar BRONZE, Jackson, Mississippi
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Favorite Quote:
It is better to write for one's self and have no public, then have public and not one's self. -- Cyril Connolly

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By Janet Baez BRONZE
Bronx, New York
Janet Baez BRONZE, Bronx, New York
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By Haileem7 BRONZE
Spring Green, Wisconsin
Haileem7 BRONZE, Spring Green, Wisconsin
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By herbstjosh219 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
herbstjosh219 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
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By IceCube. BRONZE
North Richland Hills, Texas
IceCube. BRONZE, North Richland Hills, Texas
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You must lose everything in order to be able do anything.&quot; - Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club<br /> &quot;But who will pray for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner who needed it most&quot; - Mark Twain

#436370 Poetry
By pickleperson421 GOLD
Needham, Massachusetts
pickleperson421 GOLD, Needham, Massachusetts
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Even if you&#039;re on the right track, you&#039;ll get run over if you just sit there.