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#28201voted by our readers
By babysteps GOLD
Wayland, Massachusetts

When I remember, what the mean girls say about me, I feel my stomach doing somersaults. But then I remember that gossipers, are the dumb ones. Not me. They are dumb enough to forge...
babysteps GOLD, Wayland, Massachusetts
11 articles 5 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.&quot;<br /> ~Mahatma Gandhi


#28202 Nonfiction
By sundaysmile SILVER
Jackson, Mississippi
sundaysmile SILVER, Jackson, Mississippi
9 articles 0 photos 8 comments
#28203 Nonfiction
redinkdesigner SILVER, Yuma, Arizona
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
When writing the story of your life, don&#039;t let anyone else hold the pen.

#28204 Nonfiction
By Paula Danika BRONZE
Livingston, New Jersey
Paula Danika BRONZE, Livingston, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#28205 Nonfiction
Haley Westbrook SILVER, Ofallon, Missouri
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#28206 Nonfiction
By koman13 BRONZE
Deer Park, Wisconsin
koman13 BRONZE, Deer Park, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#28207 Nonfiction
By FelisSilvestris GOLD
Princeton, New Jersey
FelisSilvestris GOLD, Princeton, New Jersey
10 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#28208 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#28209 Nonfiction
By Dani_Higareda PLATINUM
Hanahan, South Carolina
Dani_Higareda PLATINUM, Hanahan, South Carolina
20 articles 0 photos 109 comments

Favorite Quote:
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” <br /> - Winnie the Pooh

Helen_The_Blonde SILVER, Claude, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between you teeth, but you don&#039;t give it the power to do its killing.&quot; --Augustus Water, The Fault in Our Stars<br /> &quot;We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are LIfe, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.&rdquo; --Declaration of Independence<br /> &ldquo;I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.&rdquo; --Thomas Paine, The American Crisis<br /> &ldquo;...the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph...&rdquo; --Thomas Paine, The American Crisis