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Christmas Eve Tragedy
By Anonymous

I was ten at the time. It was December 24th, 2000. I went outside to take care of the rabbits, Shadow and Cookie. It was my job to fill their water and make sure they had food. The...
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'Manorexia'
By Insane2001 SILVER
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Insane2001 SILVER, Plainsboro, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
I found myself looking around me at hollow faces, and wondering if this is it, if every heart on this earth has been stained. But then, when I look into our hearts, I see we're all like candles with beauty inside, masked behind wax, hardened by the pain we all must face. But when one of us begins to burn with compassion, our fragrance fills the air, and we unconsciously ignite others around us. I find that the wax melts, and that is our core, our beauty, our light that remains. Slowly we'll burn one by one, till the day we reach the end of our sticks and we're all burning with compassion. So maybe we all have to be set alight.- Percy Jackson, Wolf's Law Chapter 23.

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What They Didn't Know
By Leela21 GOLD
Novato, California
Leela21 GOLD, Novato, California
14 articles 1 photo 11 comments
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Just Say Thanks
By mk_loveswriting BRONZE
Amery, Wisconsin
mk_loveswriting BRONZE, Amery, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You will succeed because other people are lazy" -unknown

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Feedback on "If I Close My Eyes in Class"
By glowdusts BRONZE
Brooklyn, New York
glowdusts BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
i wanted to be your tomorrow so i lived through today

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Things We Should Do More Often
By EmilyKarns BRONZE
Cincinnati, Ohio
EmilyKarns BRONZE, Cincinnati, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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teased and alone
By Loudthoughts15 SILVER
Las Vegas, Nevada
Loudthoughts15 SILVER, Las Vegas, Nevada
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't wish the life away that others wish they had. Don't wish for things that others with they had not wished for." - Joshua Boudreau.
Need to wan, want to be needed. - Joshua Boudreau

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You've Got Mail!
By TrishDestiny PLATINUM
Jerantut , Pahang, Other
TrishDestiny PLATINUM, Jerantut , Pahang, Other
45 articles 2 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
“When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

When it is over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.

I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”

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Why I'm Proud To Be An American
By gracie1197 GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
gracie1197 GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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The Cycle
By Maura Zindler SILVER
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Maura Zindler SILVER, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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