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#25001voted by our readers
By megz0913 SILVER
Greenville, Pennsylvania

Numerous times in life, I have wondered who I am and where my place in the world is as I have worked to discover who I am and what beliefs I stand by. My high school years proved t...
megz0913 SILVER, Greenville, Pennsylvania
9 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” -Eskimo Proverb


#25002 Nonfiction
By AislinnBluejay GOLD
Sag Harbor, New York
AislinnBluejay GOLD, Sag Harbor, New York
13 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I did not ask for the life which has been given to me, but it was given nonetheless. And with it, I have done my best."--Ekho, from Lost

#25003 Nonfiction
By bigzuesy34 BRONZE
Muncy Valley, Pennsylvania
bigzuesy34 BRONZE, Muncy Valley, Pennsylvania
1 article 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
the past is the key to the future - unknown

#25004 Nonfiction
SinnamonTongue BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Toast was a pointless invention from the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it to regurgitate in verbal form the sins and crimes of their past lives. Toast was a ritual item devoured by fetishists in the belief that it would enhance their kinetic and sexual powers. Toast cannot be explained by any rational means.<br /> <br /> Toast is me.<br /> <br /> I am toast.”<br /> <br /> ― Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake

#25005 Nonfiction
By AnnaBooher BRONZE
Hermitage, Tennessee
AnnaBooher BRONZE, Hermitage, Tennessee
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#25006 Nonfiction
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#25007 Nonfiction
By Hanapiranha SILVER
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hanapiranha SILVER, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
8 articles 5 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.&quot;<br /> -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#25008 Nonfiction
By Kirsten Duris BRONZE
Toledo, Ohio
Kirsten Duris BRONZE, Toledo, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#25009 Nonfiction
By nolan jensen SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
nolan jensen SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#25010 Nonfiction
By Majika BRONZE
Gainesville, Florida
Majika BRONZE, Gainesville, Florida
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments