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By casertam721 SILVER
Wilmington, Delaware

I was tense, nervous, and excited; there were a multitude of feelings flowing through me. The one thought I kept replaying in my head was, “I must not be the only one feel...
casertam721 SILVER, Wilmington, Delaware
7 articles 0 photos 5 comments

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I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not -Kurt Cobain


Riley12 SILVER, Lakewood, Ohio
7 articles 0 photos 6 comments

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If we have souls, they are bounded by love, dimmed by time, and lost by death<br /> -Oblivion

dgeileen PLATINUM, Livingston, New Jersey
31 articles 2 photos 107 comments

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&ldquo;To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.&rdquo; <br /> ― Oscar Wilde

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By alicedeng SILVER
Ann Arbor, Michigan
alicedeng SILVER, Ann Arbor, Michigan
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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By Anonymous
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By ScarlettJ. DIAMOND
West Newton, Pennsylvania
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
92 articles 0 photos 88 comments

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&quot;You are only confined by the walls you build around yourself.&quot; &quot;Follow your heart, but take your brain with you.&quot; &quot;You were born to be real, not to be perfect.&quot;

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By pinkplants PLATINUM
Brandon, Mississippi
pinkplants PLATINUM, Brandon, Mississippi
39 articles 0 photos 18 comments

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&ldquo;Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.&rdquo; <br /> ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

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By Olivia-Atlet ELITE
Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
325 articles 10 photos 1165 comments

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"To these the past hath its phantoms,<br /> More real than solid earth;<br /> And to these death does not mean decay,<br /> But only another birth" <br /> - Isabella Banks

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By Anonymous
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By Anonymous