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By jennam8 GOLD
Quakertown, Pennsylvania

The teenage years are the hardest years of your life. Adults may try to convince you otherwise because of their hectic occupations and home life, but they're wrong. And I�...
jennam8 GOLD, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
12 articles 27 photos 56 comments

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PaperPlanes BRONZE, Henderson, Nevada
3 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see it." -Confuscious

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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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rugbyfan BRONZE, Moraga, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
no days off

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By nickpalano BRONZE
Lafayette, California
nickpalano BRONZE, Lafayette, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By enilorac12 PLATINUM
Encino, California
enilorac12 PLATINUM, Encino, California
22 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By arianna morales BRONZE
Hawthorne, California
arianna morales BRONZE, Hawthorne, California
1 article 1 photo 0 comments
nooxygen PLATINUM, Medford, New York
49 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
the mirror only tells half the story, beauty is found on the inside...<br /> love is blind<br /> only the shadow knows<br /> words said in the heat of anger are never from the heart

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By BalloonMuffin GOLD
La Mirada, California
BalloonMuffin GOLD, La Mirada, California
17 articles 4 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Why mean what you say, when you can simply say what you mean?- Mad Hatter

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By nooxygen PLATINUM
Medford, New York
nooxygen PLATINUM, Medford, New York
49 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
the mirror only tells half the story, beauty is found on the inside...<br /> love is blind<br /> only the shadow knows<br /> words said in the heat of anger are never from the heart