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By Emminey BRONZE
Lambertville, Michigan

I am not afraid to die. I don’t believe that dying is something to be scared of. Dying is an inevitability that we are all aware exists. Some people feel pressured by the reali...
Emminey BRONZE, Lambertville, Michigan
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"If the living can be spoken ill of, why not the dead?"~Unknown


Alyssa(: PLATINUM, Arvada, Colorado
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&quot;I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust noone but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Marilyn Monroe

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Nicole_Bender SILVER, Morgantown, Pennsylvania
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I don&#039;t want to live my life and learn that I only lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it too.

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Pelham, Alabama
savannamarie BRONZE, Pelham, Alabama
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By lmp416 PLATINUM
Brockton, Massachusetts
lmp416 PLATINUM, Brockton, Massachusetts
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&quot;Sometimes people write the things that they can&#039;t say.&quot; -One Tree Hill

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By Gunnar116 GOLD
Sussex, Wisconsin
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Paige DeLago BRONZE, Norwalk, Connecticut
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By EllenMC GOLD
Boulder, Colorado
EllenMC GOLD, Boulder, Colorado
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Excerpt from Calvin and Hobbes:<br /> Calvin asks Mom: &quot;Why are you crying?&quot;<br /> Mom: &quot;I&#039;m cutting an onion.&quot;<br /> Calvin: &quot;Life must be hard when you start anthropomorphizing your vegetables.&quot;