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By LilyWriter GOLD
Atkins, Arkansas

I sit in class as though in a daze, staring straight ahead. My eyes water, and I have to blink back tears. I should've known, right? That this would happen? That he'd...
LilyWriter GOLD, Atkins, Arkansas
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Favorite Quote:
"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." -Marilyn Monroe


#31122 Nonfiction
Harthad BRONZE, Clinton, Connecticut
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By mmatherne BRONZE
Metairie, Louisiana
mmatherne BRONZE, Metairie, Louisiana
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#31124 Nonfiction
By Infralalenshka BRONZE
Boom A Chick A Wow Town, Other
Infralalenshka BRONZE, Boom A Chick A Wow Town, Other
3 articles 1 photo 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. -Georges Orwell<br /> It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.<br /> To hold a pen is to be at war. -Voltaire

#31125 Nonfiction
By Tom Mackey BRONZE
Fairfield, Connecticut
Tom Mackey BRONZE, Fairfield, Connecticut
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By gskontos BRONZE
Park Ridge, Illinois
gskontos BRONZE, Park Ridge, Illinois
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#31127 Nonfiction
By rkaeppe BRONZE
Cottage Grove, Minnesota
rkaeppe BRONZE, Cottage Grove, Minnesota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
-All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us.

#31128 Nonfiction
By Bryson Patao BRONZE
Keaau, Hawaii
Bryson Patao BRONZE, Keaau, Hawaii
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Hans21 BRONZE, Cicero, Indiana
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Just keep swimming!&quot; -Dory, Finding Nemo<br /> &quot;You are beautiful!&quot; -Anyone brave enough to share it<br /> &quot;I love you.&quot; -Family and friends and loving strangers

#31130 Nonfiction
By Anonymous