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By laurensoccer SILVER
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

My hands grip the tender ridges of the steering wheel Of a car that isn’t mine I lay my head against the stale warmness of the seat And inhale the car’s rigid, evergreen scent...
laurensoccer SILVER, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
8 articles 0 photos 67 comments

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By Mikkster BRONZE
Ventnor, New Jersey
Mikkster BRONZE, Ventnor, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments
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By Karles_Ivy PLATINUM
Sunnyside, Washington
Karles_Ivy PLATINUM, Sunnyside, Washington
23 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
Sometimes the bully isn’t the captain of the cheerleaders or the girl who for some reason has it out for only you; sometimes the worst bully of them all is you.- Karles_Ivy

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By dunguen1 GOLD
Louiisville, Kentucky
dunguen1 GOLD, Louiisville, Kentucky
11 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Find the light to help you out of the dark taht is never to far behind and cling to it because once you go into the unknown you will never be the same, if at all you will be different and different is good." -Unknown

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By roshnisethi BRONZE
Plainview, New York
roshnisethi BRONZE, Plainview, New York
4 articles 1 photo 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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By Zoe-22-Turner DIAMOND
Beverly, Massachusetts
Zoe-22-Turner DIAMOND, Beverly, Massachusetts
99 articles 33 photos 91 comments
prettyinpiink GOLD, Houston, Texas
17 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
" Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

Smalltownlibrarian SILVER, West Warren, Massachusetts
6 articles 6 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Cutting libraries during a recession is like cutting hospitals during a plague."~Eleanor Crumblehulme

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By MaggieElaine GOLD
Los Alamos, California
MaggieElaine GOLD, Los Alamos, California
11 articles 0 photos 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
"As I hide behind these books I read, while scribbling my poetry,
like art could save a wretch like me, with some ideal ideology that no one can hope to achieve.
And I am never real; it is just a sketch of me.
And everything I made is trite and cheap and a waste of paint, of tape, of time." - Bright Eyes

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By SilentlyRising GOLD
Decatur, Georgia
SilentlyRising GOLD, Decatur, Georgia
13 articles 0 photos 100 comments

Favorite Quote:
"My pen is the barrel of the gun. Remind me which side you should be on."