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#32621voted by our readers
By chikaboom SILVER
Stony Brook, New York

Naturally, the parent must have expectations for the child, else the child run amok in the world without direction or purpose. But what, you may ask, has that got to do with a bedr...
chikaboom SILVER, Stony Brook, New York
8 articles 7 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Failure is always an option


#32622 Nonfiction
By Gregory Dachille BRONZE
West Orange, New Jersey
Gregory Dachille BRONZE, West Orange, New Jersey
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scarletphantom55 BRONZE, Franklin, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#32624 Nonfiction
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#32626 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.

#32627 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

#32628 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

#32629 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

#32630 Nonfiction
neonperiwinklewarrior BRONZE, Houston, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments