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By Casba BRONZE
Sandy/Draper, Utah

You adults don’t understand, not really. You try, and I’m grateful for that, but you don’t know what goes on in our lives. You’re always saying we have it easy; it’s not as bad as...
Casba BRONZE, Sandy/Draper, Utah
2 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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&quot;I&#039;d rather go out fighting a giant worm with a frying pan!&quot;<br /> &quot;Oh my gosh guys, together we have synesthesia!&quot;


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Bones96 BRONZE, Charlotte, North Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 108 comments

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Life isn&#039;t about finding yourself it&#039;s about creating yourself-

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By babysteps GOLD
Wayland, Massachusetts
babysteps GOLD, Wayland, Massachusetts
11 articles 5 photos 40 comments

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&quot;An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.&quot;<br /> ~Mahatma Gandhi

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EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

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&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

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By Madi96 BRONZE
Decatur, Illinois
Madi96 BRONZE, Decatur, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 2 comments
kate12345me GOLD, Sydney, Other
11 articles 0 photos 69 comments

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&quot;Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.&quot; - Thoreau<br /> &quot;Sometimes you&#039;re flush and sometimes you&#039;re bust, and when you&#039;re up, it&#039;s never as good as it seems, and when you&#039;re down, you never think you&#039;ll be up again, but life goes on.&quot;

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By Rainbeauxs SILVER
Bridgetown, Other
Rainbeauxs SILVER, Bridgetown, Other
7 articles 3 photos 42 comments
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MollyDoubleU BRONZE, Minooka, Illinois
3 articles 5 photos 45 comments

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&quot;So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.&quot; - The Great Gatsby