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By ninapaniena PLATINUM
Sammamish, Washington

Imagine you are lying in a hospital bed. Your breath is heavy; multiple needles simultaneously drip drugs into your system. It has been going on for months. Your only question is;...
ninapaniena PLATINUM, Sammamish, Washington
20 articles 7 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
To be a good surgeon you have to think like a surgeon, emotions are messy, tuck them neatly away and step into a clean sterile room, where the procedure is simple, cut suture, and close. But sometimes your faced with a cut that won't heal, a cut that rips the stitches right open


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By Anonymous
Opinion
By Contemplator SILVER
Lake Park, Minnesota
Contemplator SILVER, Lake Park, Minnesota
5 articles 0 photos 67 comments

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There is a rainbow in your mouth! Open it up and show the world. <br /> This is just like ice cream without the cream. <br /> I&#039;m as stiff as a dried out twig in the middle of winter. <br /> Who lit the forest fire; the match, or the man holding the match?

babiebri9897 BRONZE, Boston, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Opinion
By bebabooXD BRONZE
Roxbury, Massachusetts
bebabooXD BRONZE, Roxbury, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Opinion
By Colter BRONZE
Nabb, Indiana
Colter BRONZE, Nabb, Indiana
4 articles 15 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
These violent delights have violent ends<br /> And in their triumpth die <br /> Like fire and powder <br /> Which as they kiss <br /> Consume

lemoncherry BRONZE, Esopus, New York
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.

Opinion
By Jetsrock10210 SILVER
Briarcliff, New York
Jetsrock10210 SILVER, Briarcliff, New York
7 articles 0 photos 14 comments
Opinion
By princess24 BRONZE
Private (Don&#39t Want To Mention), Illinois
princess24 BRONZE, Private (Don&#39t Want To Mention), Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.&quot; George Edward Woodberry

Opinion
By ael429 BRONZE
Waterford, Michigan
ael429 BRONZE, Waterford, Michigan
3 articles 10 photos 20 comments