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#25621voted by our readers
By JaliyaBelle GOLD
New York City, New York

Recently, my best friend sent me an affectionate message via Facebook that read GO SU*K A SMURF. This is one of many in a chain of bizarre messages that my friends and I have exhan...
JaliyaBelle GOLD, New York City, New York
16 articles 7 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar. -Anais Nin


#25622 Nonfiction
By Moonlight14 PLATINUM
Mechanic Falls, Maine
Moonlight14 PLATINUM, Mechanic Falls, Maine
23 articles 6 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;To love is to destroy&#039; - The Mortal instruments<br /> If you can&#039;t see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.<br /> What the French, Toast?!

#25623 Nonfiction
By Kayla Allred GOLD
West Jordan, Utah
Kayla Allred GOLD, West Jordan, Utah
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#25624 Nonfiction
QueenK BRONZE, Lenexa, Kansas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#25625 Nonfiction
By tnewman13 BRONZE
Lone Tree, Colorado
tnewman13 BRONZE, Lone Tree, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Good morning. You are perfectly cast in your life. I can&#039;t imagine anyone but you in the role. Go play.&quot; - Lin Manuel Miranda

#25626 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#25627 Nonfiction
Thatgirl_ BRONZE, Flower Mound, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you can&#039;t handle me at my Amanda Byrnes you don&#039;t deserve me at my Cinderella&quot;

#25628 Nonfiction
Sanath BRONZE, Congers, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#25629 Nonfiction
GeekyFanGirl BRONZE, Saginaw, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“When you hear the word ‘disabled,’ people immediately think about people who can’t walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the real disability is people who can’t find joy in life and are bitter.” -Teri Garr

#25630 Nonfiction
Smileschangelives BRONZE, Manti, Utah
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.<br /> -Henry David Thoreau