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#1421voted by our readers
By cheermaddie312 BRONZE
Franklin, Massachusetts

I heard familiar voices chattering away behind me, but I didn’t think anything of it. I certainly wasn’t expecting to hear my name come up in the conversation. I stayed frozen wher...
cheermaddie312 BRONZE, Franklin, Massachusetts
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#1422 Nonfiction
midnightmetanoia PLATINUM, Gaithersburg, Maryland
39 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Soon madness has worn you down. It&rsquo;s easier to do what it says than argue. In this way, it takes over your mind. You no longer know where it ends and you begin. You believe anything it says. You do what it tells you, no matter how extreme or absurd. If it says you&rsquo;re worthless, you agree. You plead for it to stop. You promise to behave. You are on your knees before it, and it laughs.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Marya Hornbacher

#1423 Nonfiction
By KarimOmega GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
KarimOmega GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
14 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Things are hard before they get better.

#1424 Nonfiction
By highvoltageblue BRONZE
Secunderabad, Other
highvoltageblue BRONZE, Secunderabad, Other
1 article 1 photo 0 comments
#1425 Nonfiction
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#1427 Nonfiction
By karissak PLATINUM
Sussex, Wisconsin
karissak PLATINUM, Sussex, Wisconsin
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KwizzleC BRONZE, Ottawa, Other
3 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost

#1429 Nonfiction
Marisamanga BRONZE, Roanoke, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It can&#039;t be helped&quot; - WWII Japanese mentality as a whole<br /> It can be taken positively or negatively. I choose to make it positive.

Zoe Kirshenbaum BRONZE, Lawrence, New York
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