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Opinion
By Bella-Faye GOLD
Oxford, Massachusetts

The saddest time in anyone person's life is when childhood's innocence is lost. Be it through drugs, sex, abuse, a divorce, or simply growing up. The lose can be subtle-...
Bella-Faye GOLD, Oxford, Massachusetts
11 articles 7 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:<br /> This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don&#039;t fit your idea of who I should be and don&#039;t try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.<br /> When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.&rdquo;


InkBlogger SILVER, Ruston, Louisiana
8 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Shall we always study to obtain more of these things, and not sometimes to be content with less?&quot; - Henry David Thoreau, Walden<br /> <br /> &quot;A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.&quot; - Charles Darwin

Opinion
By Buttuns BRONZE
Phoenix, Arizona
Buttuns BRONZE, Phoenix, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Smoking the herb reveals you to yourself.

1234iloveyou BRONZE, Flower Mound, Texas
1 article 13 photos 0 comments
Opinion
By Kacee91 BRONZE
West Valley City, Utah
Kacee91 BRONZE, West Valley City, Utah
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.&quot;

Opinion
jessica,anne. BRONZE, Pomona, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;ve learned everything that is wrong with humanity; Everything that is wrong with the human race.

ledbetter BRONZE, Ruston, Louisiana
1 article 3 photos 2 comments
Opinion
By Anonymous
Maddie Hudak BRONZE, Hartville, Ohio
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Opinion
By ambreviews GOLD
New Hope, Minnesota
ambreviews GOLD, New Hope, Minnesota
12 articles 0 photos 2 comments