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By DanaJae SILVER
Highland Park, Illinois

Sometimes the expansive silence of night humbles and instills a quiet sense of reflective calm, but on the second to last night of Camp Marimeta, the inky sky provided the twenty g...
DanaJae SILVER, Highland Park, Illinois
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But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments? Or our treaties whatever they may be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played; our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted into battlefields; our dreams however rarely they may be accomplished. The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.


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oregonemma SILVER, Park City, Utah
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By baking_ninja BRONZE
Coppell, Texas
baking_ninja BRONZE, Coppell, Texas
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By thebeesknees SILVER
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
thebeesknees SILVER, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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By Genevieve Nielsen BRONZE
Winnetka, Illinois
Genevieve Nielsen BRONZE, Winnetka, Illinois
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By sarah.s SILVER
Attleboro, Massachusetts
sarah.s SILVER, Attleboro, Massachusetts
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"Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect; it means you're capable of looking beyond the imperfections." --Anonymous

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By Bukkyhooked BRONZE
Clarksville, Tennessee
Bukkyhooked BRONZE, Clarksville, Tennessee
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'Art can never be a contest, because its impossible to out express someone

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