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By AnneOnnimous BRONZE
Peterborough Ontario, Other

Dear Harry Potter, The way you make me feel cannot be compared to anything else in the world. When I pick you up, when I find escape in your lovely pages; there is nothing else...
AnneOnnimous BRONZE, Peterborough Ontario, Other
3 articles 0 photos 146 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Saying &#039;I notice you&#039;re a nerd&#039; is like saying, &#039;Hey, I notice that you&#039;d rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you&#039;d rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?&#039; In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even &#039;lame&#039; is kind of lame. Saying &#039;You&#039;re lame&#039; is like saying &#039;You walk with a limp.&#039; Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he&#039;s done all right for himself.&quot;<br /> &mdash; John Green


#21852 Nonfiction
By rachelin22 BRONZE
Temperance, Michigan
rachelin22 BRONZE, Temperance, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#21853 Nonfiction
ashley1021 BRONZE, LA, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#21854 Nonfiction
By LakeTownGirl GOLD
Lake Stevens, Washington
LakeTownGirl GOLD, Lake Stevens, Washington
13 articles 17 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t cry because it&#039;s over. Smile because it happened.&quot; -Dr. Seuss

#21855 Nonfiction
By openheart SILVER
Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin
openheart SILVER, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Earth is crammed with heaven.&quot; -Elizabeth Barret Browning

#21856 Nonfiction
By Rosalie PLATINUM
Maryville, Tennessee
Rosalie PLATINUM, Maryville, Tennessee
48 articles 0 photos 100 comments

Favorite Quote:
-you have many to learn but nothing to lose.<br /> -the hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love someone else...<br /> -good girls are bad girls that dont get caught.

#21857 Nonfiction
By Youdontknowme. GOLD
New Delhi, Other
Youdontknowme. GOLD, New Delhi, Other
11 articles 6 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love is not love which alters when its alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove: it is an ever-fixed mark.

#21858 Nonfiction
writinggirl20 PLATINUM, Marksville, Louisiana
37 articles 0 photos 52 comments

Favorite Quote:
What I say only comes straight from my mind, i do not judge. (a quote by me)

#21859 Nonfiction
By KarelyCarranza SILVER
Sacramento, California
KarelyCarranza SILVER, Sacramento, California
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#21860 Nonfiction
By mary mcloughlin BRONZE
Ashland, Massachusetts
mary mcloughlin BRONZE, Ashland, Massachusetts
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment