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By thesplatterink BRONZE
Westfield, New Jersey

After years of suppression, and tip-toeing around the classic sleepover question, “what’s something you’ve never told ANYONE,” I’m ready to admit my best-kept secret: I was onc...
thesplatterink BRONZE, Westfield, New Jersey
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&quot;I know what I&#039;m going to do tomorrow, and the next day, and the year after that!&quot;<br /> -- George Bailey, It&#039;s a Wonderful Life<br /> <br /> &quot;[Love and Art] are both simply forms of imitation.&quot; - Lord Henry, The Picture of Dorian Gray<br /> <br /> &quot;A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.&quot; - David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas<br /> <br /> &quot;Rosebud&quot;<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies, an&#039; tho&#039; a cloud&#039;s shape nor hue nor size don&#039;t stay the same, it&#039;s still a cloud an&#039; so is a soul. Who can say where the cloud&#039;s blowed from or who the soul&#039;ll be &#039;morrow? Only Sonmi the east an&#039; the west an&#039; the compass an&#039; the atlas, yay, only the atlas o&#039; clouds.&rdquo; - David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas<br /> <br /> &quot;If you want to know what a man&#039;s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.&quot; - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<br /> <br /> &ldquo;The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.&rdquo; - Alain de Botton<br /> <br /> &ldquo;When you don&rsquo;t have many friends and you don&rsquo;t have a social life you&rsquo;re kind of left looking at things, not doing things. There&rsquo;s a weird freedom in not having people treat you like you&rsquo;re part of society or where you have to fulfill social relationships.&rdquo; - Tim Burton


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danielloch BRONZE, Corinth, Texas
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Charlotte, North Carolina
EmmaRainear GOLD, Charlotte, North Carolina
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By Roryl SILVER
Mt. Olive, North Carolina
Roryl SILVER, Mt. Olive, North Carolina
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God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. ~C.S. Lewis

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faithwalker_1796 GOLD, Webb City, Missouri
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&quot;everyday is a new day&quot;- 100 years<br /> &quot;day is over, night has come. Today is gone, what&#039;s done is done. Embrace your dreams through the night. Tomorrow come with a whole new light&quot;-Unknow

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TheDolphin ELITE, Iloilo, Other
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Kalee_Cav SILVER, Albany, New York
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Only fear can keep you from accomplishing goals

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