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By Roxzarr BRONZE
Stockton, California

I hear the whip of the wind through the vents in my helmet. I can feel the heat rising up from the body of my horse beneath me; her muscles bunching, releasing, bunching, releasin...
Roxzarr BRONZE, Stockton, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"oh I'm so glad shes pretty. Next to being beautiful oneself-and that's impossible in my case-it would be the best to have a beautiful bosom friend."-Anne of Gree Gables


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By ZebraWithoutStripes ELITE
Blue Springs, Missouri
ZebraWithoutStripes ELITE, Blue Springs, Missouri
102 articles 8 photos 84 comments

Favorite Quote:
To make a difference in the world, you have to be different from the world.

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By SarahVanS SILVER
Blakeslee, Pennsylvania
SarahVanS SILVER, Blakeslee, Pennsylvania
8 articles 3 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Confidence is the key to all the locks" -- Joe Paterno, Penn State Football Head Coach

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By Neocutey24 SILVER
Forestville, Maryland
Neocutey24 SILVER, Forestville, Maryland
8 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche

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By irishdancer16 SILVER
West Chester, Pennsylvania
irishdancer16 SILVER, West Chester, Pennsylvania
8 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world"

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By irishdancer16 SILVER
West Chester, Pennsylvania
irishdancer16 SILVER, West Chester, Pennsylvania
8 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world"

Gordon Watt BRONZE, River Forest, Illinois
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By darkpinkmolly GOLD
Oakland, California
darkpinkmolly GOLD, Oakland, California
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. " -Isaac Asimov

darkpinkmolly GOLD, Oakland, California
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. " -Isaac Asimov