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By Anonymous

Death has always been a hard concept for me to comprehend. I always had trouble accepting and believing in the permanence of this state where life has left somebody entirely. I n...

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tschafler BRONZE, Long Beach, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs"

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By EllenMC GOLD
Boulder, Colorado
EllenMC GOLD, Boulder, Colorado
12 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
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;

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By katied15 SILVER
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
katied15 SILVER, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
9 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Go confidently in the direction of your dreams- Live the life you&#039;ve imagined&quot;

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By Cass3453 SILVER
Windermere, Florida
Cass3453 SILVER, Windermere, Florida
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Freedom is a point of view.&quot; ~Anonymous

Laura366 BRONZE, Calabasas, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By ClaireM. ELITE
Albany, New York
ClaireM. ELITE, Albany, New York
109 articles 14 photos 33 comments
Sweetsoulsearching PLATINUM, Frisco, Texas
26 articles 2 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
What is the use of a house if you haven&#039;t got a tolerable planet to put it on?<br /> [Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

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By Vile1 BRONZE
Athens, Maine
Vile1 BRONZE, Athens, Maine
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments