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By Mayell BRONZE
Ocala, Florida

Every time I hear the word “change”, I automatically think back to my old friend Zoey. Zoey and I were very close at one point in our lives, but then everything changed. When we...
Mayell BRONZE, Ocala, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.&quot;<br /> -Henry David Thoreau


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By EPluribusUnum DIAMOND
Woodbine, Maryland
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

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By Bloodprints GOLD
Bay Area, California
Bloodprints GOLD, Bay Area, California
14 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you speak to a man in a language he understands, it will go to his head. But if you speak to a man in his language, it will go to his heart.

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By aurum_angel BRONZE
Hingham, Massachusetts
aurum_angel BRONZE, Hingham, Massachusetts
3 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;I&rsquo;m Nobody! Who are you?<br /> Are you&ndash;Nobody&ndash;Too?<br /> Then there&rsquo;s a pair of us!<br /> Don&rsquo;t tell! they&rsquo;d advertise&ndash;you know!<br /> <br /> How dreary&ndash;to be&ndash;Somebody!<br /> How public&ndash;like a Frog-<br /> To tell one&rsquo;s name&ndash;the livelong June-<br /> To an admiring Bog!&#039;<br /> -Emily Dickinson

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By matador BRONZE
Hereford, Texas
matador BRONZE, Hereford, Texas
1 article 0 photos 16 comments
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laxfhbb13 SILVER, Ijamsville, Maryland
9 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don&#039;t matter and those who matter don&#039;t mind.&quot; Dr. Seuss

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By singergurl12 GOLD
Jacksonville, Florida
singergurl12 GOLD, Jacksonville, Florida
15 articles 0 photos 190 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fairy tales are true, not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten.