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By honrdBabyBoo15 BRONZE
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Relationships, anything from being together for a bit to hooking up for a lifetime. Today, you see teens having sex as early as middle school. You know it's true. Ever hear...
honrdBabyBoo15 BRONZE, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
To walk within the lines
Would make my life so boring
I want to know that I
Have been to the extreme
So knock me off my feet
Come on now give it to me
Anything to make me feel alive

-'Anything but Ordinary', Sung by Avril Lavigne


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By Rigel GOLD
St. Louis, Missouri
Rigel GOLD, St. Louis, Missouri
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it- Marilyn Monroe

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By DuriChick SILVER
Pekanbaru, Other
DuriChick SILVER, Pekanbaru, Other
6 articles 7 photos 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love is giving someone the power to destroy you - but trusting them enough not to.

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By Charlotte Zocco BRONZE
Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Charlotte Zocco BRONZE, Windsor Locks, Connecticut
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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By Inkmusic GOLD
Renton, Washington
Inkmusic GOLD, Renton, Washington
15 articles 6 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
~Terry Pratchett

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By Anonymous
LindseyM BRONZE, Malta, Other
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
never give up

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By PenguinFeet GOLD
Bellevue, Washington
PenguinFeet GOLD, Bellevue, Washington
19 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Yeah, well, who but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren't we all just a little crazy?" - Dulcie, in Libba Bray's Going Bovine