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#32581voted by our readers
By _behappy BRONZE
Bethel, Alaska

Other Half A plain, late evening, I sat waiting on my living room floor. My Dad was on our green frumpy couch while my brothers huddled around me, playing and talking. My curly...
_behappy BRONZE, Bethel, Alaska
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Seek peace and pursue it"


#32582 Nonfiction
By chikaboom SILVER
Stony Brook, New York
chikaboom SILVER, Stony Brook, New York
8 articles 7 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Failure is always an option

#32583 Nonfiction
By Gregory Dachille BRONZE
West Orange, New Jersey
Gregory Dachille BRONZE, West Orange, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
scarletphantom55 BRONZE, Franklin, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#32585 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#32586 Nonfiction
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#32587 Nonfiction
By LeighCaroline BRONZE
Greenville, North Carolina
LeighCaroline BRONZE, Greenville, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's better to be a first-rate version of yourself rather than a second-rate version of anyone else.

#32588 Nonfiction
By peapod416 PLATINUM
Louisville, Kentucky
peapod416 PLATINUM, Louisville, Kentucky
35 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A smart girl know their limits, a wise girl knows she has none." Marilyn Monroe

#32589 Nonfiction
By NeverFallTooHard PLATINUM
Hartford, Wisconsin
NeverFallTooHard PLATINUM, Hartford, Wisconsin
24 articles 5 photos 98 comments

Favorite Quote:
Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.~ Rumi<br /> Realisim, in painting, is what one wants to see, not what they really see. ~ Janet Fish

#32590 Nonfiction
By greermjarvis BRONZE
Harvard, Massachusetts
greermjarvis BRONZE, Harvard, Massachusetts
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It is the irony of this story that the one who scared me witless to start with was the very same who brought me peace, purpose, I dare even say wholeness.&quot;<br /> -Life of Pi, page 162