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#4221voted by our readers
By AlexisB SILVER
Milner, Georgia

So there she was with the boy; holding hands, sitting face to face, knee to knee. As she stared into his eyes, she was surprised to see her own reflection swimming in the depths. P...
AlexisB SILVER, Milner, Georgia
9 articles 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
A synonym is a word you use when you can\\\'t spell the other one.


#4222 Nonfiction
By asiankidjv BRONZE
Sacramento, California
asiankidjv BRONZE, Sacramento, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#4223 Nonfiction
fictitious-quandary GOLD, Orlando, Florida
18 articles 5 photos 83 comments

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Knowing is not enough; we must apply.<br /> Willing is not enough; we must do.<br /> Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<br /> <br /> &quot;Whether you think you can or you think you can&#039;t, you&#039;re right&quot;<br /> - Henry Ford

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#4225 Nonfiction
By fountainpen GOLD
Huntington Beach, California
fountainpen GOLD, Huntington Beach, California
11 articles 1 photo 7 comments

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&quot;Don&#039;t tell anybody anything&mdash;If you do, you&#039;ll start missing everybody.&quot;<br /> &mdash;J.D. Salinger<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.&rdquo;<br /> &mdash;F. Scott Fitzgerald

#4226 Nonfiction
By Saxophonist BRONZE
Cupertino, California
Saxophonist BRONZE, Cupertino, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#4227 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#4228 Nonfiction
Rachel Honigman BRONZE, Briarcliff Manor, New York
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#4229 Nonfiction
By .riley.bonjour.la.freek. GOLD
Charlotte, North Carolina
.riley.bonjour.la.freek. GOLD, Charlotte, North Carolina
10 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s not about where you are, it&#039;s about who you are. -Riley (me)<br /> do you remember when you were four, and everything was possible? I remember those days, but dang, i gotta get back to reality. -Riley (me)

#4230 Nonfiction
LovelyFeathers BRONZE, Covilhã, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The true alchemists do not change lead in to gold; they change the world in to words.&quot; William H. Gass