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By nickibaby BRONZE
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Love, it's one of the most powerful things in this world. Especially to high scholars, the ones that date for a week and already think they're in love.? L...
nickibaby BRONZE, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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what is normal anyway?


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Hayden52210 BRONZE, Lapine, Alabama
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By EllenMC GOLD
Boulder, Colorado
EllenMC GOLD, Boulder, Colorado
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Excerpt from Calvin and Hobbes:<br /> Calvin asks Mom: &quot;Why are you crying?&quot;<br /> Mom: &quot;I&#039;m cutting an onion.&quot;<br /> Calvin: &quot;Life must be hard when you start anthropomorphizing your vegetables.&quot;

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Vanna-Rae GOLD, Bixby, Oklahoma
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To the well organized mind death is the next greatest adventure.

terrythebox BRONZE, Austin, Texas
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By katie ambrose BRONZE
Auburn, New York
katie ambrose BRONZE, Auburn, New York
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By Basketballlover67 SILVER
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
Basketballlover67 SILVER, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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a perfect world, when he&#039;s with her, he would be wishing he was with me; when he looked at her, he would be looking at me; when he smiled at her, his smile would be for me; when he thought about someone, he would be thinking about me. In a perfect world, he would realize that she wasn&#039;t the one he was supposed to be with and I would still be standing here waiting for him still when he finally knows this. But this isn&#039;t a perfect world and people do get hurt; you smile when you feel like crying; you act like you&#039;re okay when you&#039;re falling apart inside; and you let it go. You move on, because there&#039;s nothing else you can do.&quot; Author Unknown

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LuisaLima GOLD, Aveiro, Other
10 articles 1 photo 2 comments

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&quot;Sometimes we have to shake the tree of friendships to make the rotten ones fall&quot;