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By killerdimmer GOLD
Metro Manila, Other

I couldn’t compete with what we had and what we didn’t have. I lied when I said that I couldn’t handle the pain. The truth is I can maybe I just didn’t want to for you. I did...
killerdimmer GOLD, Metro Manila, Other
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Let it be.


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By Victoria Lustig GOLD
Galisteo, New Mexico
Victoria Lustig GOLD, Galisteo, New Mexico
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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life_lessons BRONZE, West Babylon, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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andarsene SILVER, Bowie, Maryland
6 articles 2 photos 2 comments

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Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.

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By BlueSupernova ELITE
Cincinnati, Ohio
BlueSupernova ELITE, Cincinnati, Ohio
103 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Damn it, Ted!"

Dunes SILVER, Leander, Texas
5 articles 1 photo 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A room without books is like a body without soul." -Marcus Tullius Cicero

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By mistyfoxmaid SILVER
Fort Lee, New Jersey
mistyfoxmaid SILVER, Fort Lee, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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macmillerlover BRONZE, Kentland, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

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&quot;I don&#039;t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.&quot;<br /> ~Bill Cosby.

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By ChloeK SILVER
Greenfield, Massachusetts
ChloeK SILVER, Greenfield, Massachusetts
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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Some say the world will end in fire, others say in ice, but what I&#039;ve tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire, but if I had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate, to say that for destruction ice is also great, and would suffice

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By emmadolan BRONZE
Beverly Hills, Michigan
emmadolan BRONZE, Beverly Hills, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

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&ldquo;Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow.&rdquo; --Margaret Atwood