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By Anonymous

We shared a peanut butter sandwich at lunch everyday. She shared my seat on the bus ride home. We hugged when we got off at the corner of Stuart and Riders. I went left, and she tu...
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Body Image Issues
By Insane2001 SILVER
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Insane2001 SILVER, Plainsboro, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
I found myself looking around me at hollow faces, and wondering if this is it, if every heart on this earth has been stained. But then, when I look into our hearts, I see we're all like candles with beauty inside, masked behind wax, hardened by the pain we all must face. But when one of us begins to burn with compassion, our fragrance fills the air, and we unconsciously ignite others around us. I find that the wax melts, and that is our core, our beauty, our light that remains. Slowly we'll burn one by one, till the day we reach the end of our sticks and we're all burning with compassion. So maybe we all have to be set alight.- Percy Jackson, Wolf's Law Chapter 23.

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Generation Y: Shaping the 21st Century
By infinity45 BRONZE
Ann Arbor, Michigan
infinity45 BRONZE, Ann Arbor, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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Stop/Blame
By Anonymous
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Work After Absence
By Ori SILVER
Wyckoff, New Jersey
Ori SILVER, Wyckoff, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's not about what the intention was, it matters what the intention led to." Ori Young

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I Miss the Days of the Old
By taylort12294 BRONZE
Aston, Pennsylvania
taylort12294 BRONZE, Aston, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If ever there is a tomorrow we’re not together… There is something you must remember: you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart, I’ll always be with you.

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Feedback
By Anonymous
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Dainty
By Launa BRONZE
Louisville, Kentucky
Launa BRONZE, Louisville, Kentucky
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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Why Love? As Revealed by Les Miserables
By athenathepixie SILVER
Brooklyn, New York
athenathepixie SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
5 articles 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." -Victor Hugo

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My Brother, Connor
By Shane Phillips BRONZE
Rockford, Michigan
Shane Phillips BRONZE, Rockford, Michigan
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