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By Anonymous

What You Need: -At least 50 useless acquaintances whom you will each call your best friend. -Weak parents who will obey your every command and never question you. -The latest iP...

Lakshmy PLATINUM, Kumily, Other
24 articles 1 photo 6 comments
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By kloftus BRONZE
Villa Park, California
kloftus BRONZE, Villa Park, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I like the way the street lights finger-paint your body.” -Matt Nathanson

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By nevertheless BRONZE
Sacramento, California
nevertheless BRONZE, Sacramento, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
We stopped looking for monsters under our beds when we realized that they were inside of us.

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By AmberMichelle10 SILVER
Hershey, Pennsylvania
AmberMichelle10 SILVER, Hershey, Pennsylvania
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
A break up is like a broken mirror. It is better to leave it broken than getting hurt yourself trying to fix it.

KandiceMichelle PLATINUM, Stansonburg, North Carolina
24 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Yet God has made everything BEAUTIFUL for its own time. He has planted ETERNITY in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end." -Ecclesiastes 3:11

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By Anonymous
Maryelle GOLD, Stein, Other
13 articles 17 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
The world is strange, if you don't want to shatter, be strange too. (G.F)

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By Ahale GOLD
Scottsville, Virginia
Ahale GOLD, Scottsville, Virginia
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The future is unwritten. Yet, authored by the past. Our choices create what is soon to come, from our past to future. We cannot see the future, but dwelling on the past will strand us. Wait in the present until Present becomes past and future, present

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By DanielleNichole BRONZE
Pendleton, Oregon
DanielleNichole BRONZE, Pendleton, Oregon
2 articles 12 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot & hang on.
-Thomas Jefferson.