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What Makes Us Grateful?
By SCSKATE SILVER
Austin, Texas

For so many years, my mind has been consumed on the horrid idea of regret. 5 years ago, my grandfather passed and not a day goes by, that I don’t regret not being more “grateful”...
SCSKATE SILVER, Austin, Texas
9 articles 5 photos 23 comments
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Safe Ride or Drunk Drive
By Paige DeLago BRONZE
Norwalk, Connecticut
Paige DeLago BRONZE, Norwalk, Connecticut
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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Reasons to Live
By LoneWolfforever SILVER
Dhanbad, Other
LoneWolfforever SILVER, Dhanbad, Other
6 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Humanity can know peace only when the power of love overcomes the love of power

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School Doesn't Have To Suck, But It Does
By Laugh-it-Out PLATINUM
Brooklyn, New York, New York
Laugh-it-Out PLATINUM, Brooklyn, New York, New York
38 articles 0 photos 445 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light" --Dylan Thomas

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Find Your Voice
By PhoenixFire8 BRONZE
Marietta, Ohio
PhoenixFire8 BRONZE, Marietta, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Though my soul may set in darkness, it shall rise in perfect light
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
-The Old Astronomer

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I Think It's Sad.
By Emma.H.96 DIAMOND
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Emma.H.96 DIAMOND, Kalamazoo, Michigan
65 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better. -Anne Lamott, from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.

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An Informal Letter to the Democratic Party
By rhockema SILVER
Homer, Alaska
rhockema SILVER, Homer, Alaska
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Good writers borrow. Great authors steal."

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The Pains
By Jacelyn PLATINUM
Ft. Irwin, California
Jacelyn PLATINUM, Ft. Irwin, California
23 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else.

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Got Ambition?
By Patience27 SILVER
Wilmington, Delaware
Patience27 SILVER, Wilmington, Delaware
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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Worthless
By Sev_Wymer BRONZE
Vero Beach, Florida
Sev_Wymer BRONZE, Vero Beach, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 8 comments
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