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#6171voted by our readers
By MeganOnHere SILVER
Palm Harbor, Florida

Stones—smooth, jagged, flat for skimming or coarse but tender like sheet of canvas, caressed between my thumb and forefinger within my tiny hands would always ease my nervousness w...
MeganOnHere SILVER, Palm Harbor, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Anxiety is the handmaiden of art." - Chuck Jones


#6172 Nonfiction
By juliadekorte GOLD
Wyckoff, New Jersey
juliadekorte GOLD, Wyckoff, New Jersey
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#6173 Nonfiction
By AliseBotbyl BRONZE
Fennville, Michigan
AliseBotbyl BRONZE, Fennville, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#6174 Nonfiction
By azhappyone BRONZE
Vancouver, Washington
azhappyone BRONZE, Vancouver, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
kamakshibhavnani BRONZE, Tokyo, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#6176 Nonfiction
By IBRohan13 SILVER
Palm City, Florida
IBRohan13 SILVER, Palm City, Florida
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
\"I\'m not pessimistic. I\'m realistic.\"

#6177 Nonfiction
By 4phillips BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
4phillips BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#6178 Nonfiction
KingForADay97 SILVER, Waco, Texas
5 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.<br /> ~Friedrich Nietzsche

praveen.Trichy PLATINUM, Thirchy, Other
25 articles 0 photos 57 comments

Favorite Quote:
cruel leaders are replaced only to turn other leaders cruel

#6180 Nonfiction
By candygirl1985 GOLD
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
candygirl1985 GOLD, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
16 articles 4 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
But I was used to finding something deadly in things that attracted me; there was always something deadly lurking in anything I wanted, anything I loved. And if it wasn&#039;t there ... I put it there myself. ~ John Knowles