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By BurrThistle GOLD
Jaipur, Other

They all lie. All of them. Don't they know that if I-with my meager mental capacity- can see through them, anyone can? Oh, this solitaire. Ah, he just got it for me, I didn't ev...
BurrThistle GOLD, Jaipur, Other
10 articles 0 photos 161 comments

Favorite Quote:
Write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect


Glowsticks_and_Root_Beer SILVER, Ripon, Wisconsin
6 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Everything has Frozen Pecans."

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By Larkin SILVER
Santa Rosa, California
Larkin SILVER, Santa Rosa, California
9 articles 0 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Our remedies oft in ourself do lie, which we ascribe to heaven.&quot;<br /> -William Shakespeare

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By Dream2000 BRONZE
Greenwood, South Carolina
Dream2000 BRONZE, Greenwood, South Carolina
4 articles 2 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
Believe you can and you&#039;re halfway there<br /> ~Theodore Roosevelt

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the3rdkind GOLD, Santo Domingo, Other
11 articles 2 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
One day you are seventeen and planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And that someday is yesterday. And this is your life. - Nathan Scott (OTH)

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JRaye PLATINUM, Dorr, Michigan
43 articles 10 photos 523 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, &#039;I just don&#039;t care.&#039;?&quot;

MadeleineMoreland GOLD, Corvallis, Oregon
14 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over again&quot;<br /> -Neil Gaiman

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By jkedwards PLATINUM
West Branch, Iowa
jkedwards PLATINUM, West Branch, Iowa
35 articles 0 photos 13 comments
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By Balkeyk903 SILVER
Lewisville, Texas
Balkeyk903 SILVER, Lewisville, Texas
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never let the fear of striking out, keep you from playing the game&quot;

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By laurenevansok SILVER
Bromborough, Other
laurenevansok SILVER, Bromborough, Other
6 articles 0 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;One person&#039;s &quot;annoying&quot; is another person&#039;s &quot;inspiring and heroic&quot;&#039; - Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation)