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By ScarlettJ. DIAMOND
West Newton, Pennsylvania

Calm green eyes stared into mine, and with this, I saw a moment of devotion towards him. I wanted to hate him for making me love him. I wanted to believe that I could get over it.....
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
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"You are only confined by the walls you build around yourself." "Follow your heart, but take your brain with you." "You were born to be real, not to be perfect."


iLOVEuBABE SILVER, Anchorage, Alaska
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To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.

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terrong SILVER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Smileschangelives BRONZE, Manti, Utah
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All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.<br /> -Henry David Thoreau

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freedomwriter7 PLATINUM, T-town, Illinois
27 articles 12 photos 6 comments

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&quot;Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted.&quot; ~Eleanor Roosevelt<br /> <br /> ThinkGeek asks: did you know that Vulcans eat cookies only once every seven years?

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By kassy hoffman BRONZE
Minatare, Nebraska
kassy hoffman BRONZE, Minatare, Nebraska
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By Periphery24 SILVER
Sussex, Wisconsin
Periphery24 SILVER, Sussex, Wisconsin
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The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long