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By debasree PLATINUM
Brooklyn, New York

When I first listened to the lyrics “I’ve been sitting at the bottom of a swimming pool / For a while now / Drowning my thoughts out with sounds” I couldn't help but think how pr...
debasree PLATINUM, Brooklyn, New York
21 articles 2 photos 14 comments

#31132 Nonfiction
BeansAndCars2 BRONZE, Phoenix, Arizona
4 articles 4 photos 0 comments
#31133 Nonfiction
By FaithSnyder16 ELITE
Metamora, Ohio
FaithSnyder16 ELITE, Metamora, Ohio
180 articles 8 photos 97 comments

Favorite Quote:
Write what you know, and dream of. - Jane Austen<br /> People throw rocks at things that shine - Taylor Swift<br /> Just Keep Swimming! Just Keep Swimming! - Ellen DeGengeres as Dory

#31134 Nonfiction
By 5schneider BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
5schneider BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#31135 Nonfiction
By Duchamp SILVER
Noble, Oklahoma
Duchamp SILVER, Noble, Oklahoma
8 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;ok so let me get this straight, one really big meal a day then we go to sleep, no paper towels but a little bit of bread because we&#039;re not Nazis and as many popsicles as we want&quot;-Nathan Explosion

#31136 Nonfiction
By jortiz433 BRONZE
Norwood Park Township, Illinois
jortiz433 BRONZE, Norwood Park Township, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#31137 Nonfiction
By Beliza_Heart SILVER
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Beliza_Heart SILVER, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
7 articles 5 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I cannot tell my story without going a long way back.&quot; Herman Hesse in the prolouge to Demian<br /> &ldquo;A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.&rdquo; GK Chesterton

#31138 Nonfiction
By dolfinsfan SILVER
Gardnerville, Nevada
dolfinsfan SILVER, Gardnerville, Nevada
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;&#039;The real geniuses are artists.&#039;&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - Alaska in John Green&#039;s &quot;Looking For Alaska&quot;<br /> &quot;Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.&quot; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - M. Kathleen Casey

#31139 Nonfiction
tfyoya GOLD, Acworth, Georgia
15 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never be someone that you not. You&#039;ll waste your time and everyone else&#039;s because they don&#039;t know the real you. ~me

#31140 Nonfiction
By Kalebsmith BRONZE
Paso Robles, California
Kalebsmith BRONZE, Paso Robles, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments