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By Anonymous

The neighborhood was quiet as I stepped across the sidewalk and onto the last remaining patch of field before the edge of the levy. Not more than twenty years ago these grasses mus...

#1212 Nonfiction
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#1213 Nonfiction
By CheshireGato BRONZE
Bridgewater, South Dakota
CheshireGato BRONZE, Bridgewater, South Dakota
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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It's okay to not be okay, my dear. This is not Wonderland.

#1214 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
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By Kingston BRONZE
Cottage Grove, Minnesota
Kingston BRONZE, Cottage Grove, Minnesota
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#1217 Nonfiction
By SophiaCross SILVER
Plattsburgh, New York
SophiaCross SILVER, Plattsburgh, New York
7 articles 3 photos 89 comments

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To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”

#1218 Nonfiction
By ChocolateBoss GOLD
Fort Dodge, Iowa
ChocolateBoss GOLD, Fort Dodge, Iowa
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I was unmarked in life

Talk what you know not what you think

#1219 Nonfiction
Jay_Vanity BRONZE, Lewisport, Kentucky
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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By lizisthebest BRONZE
Walker, Michigan
lizisthebest BRONZE, Walker, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I'm not lazy i'm just on my energy saving mode. :)