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#8421voted by our readers
By rayanneb BRONZE
Newmarket, Other

I used to get the feeling that I wasn’t enough. I would stare at myself for hours on end, questioning why I looked the way I did. Often I ran my fingers across the bumpy braids tha...
rayanneb BRONZE, Newmarket, Other
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pain is enivitable, suffering is optional


#8422 Nonfiction
SometimesTina GOLD, Plymouth, Minnesota
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Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong.  They are conflicts between two rights.  ~Georg Hegel

#8423 Nonfiction
By Ashley_26 BRONZE
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ashley_26 BRONZE, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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#8424 Nonfiction
academicallstar PLATINUM, Fresno, California
23 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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"To you, your way; to me, my way."

#8425 Nonfiction
By Luey_215 BRONZE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Luey_215 BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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#8426 Nonfiction
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#8428 Nonfiction
By JackieH PLATINUM
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
JackieH PLATINUM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
36 articles 0 photos 22 comments

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Don't break character, you've got a lot of heart. ~ The Killers

#8429 Nonfiction
By miaofutianjerry PLATINUM
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
miaofutianjerry PLATINUM, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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#8430 Nonfiction
By Kaylarebekah131719 PLATINUM
McDonough, Georgia
Kaylarebekah131719 PLATINUM, McDonough, Georgia
21 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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*(ending to Faith) I told myself that, if I avoided him at all costs, I&#039;d be okay; so I did, and I was, and he never game back.<br /> * More than we rely on other people, we rely on other peoples ignorance.<br /> *Just a little thank you, to all the morons that led me to learning to write well; you are the razors of the pen that draws the blood I write with. I owe it all to your mistakes.