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Nonfiction
By dylanlalala GOLD
Colchester, Vermont

This story is simple, and so it begins in the most simple of ways, with the two words which sum up my entire childhood. “I’m bored,” I complained. “Practice your chords,” my m...
dylanlalala GOLD, Colchester, Vermont
18 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"How vain is it to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live?" - Henry David Thoreau


Nonfiction
By kersti.bayne GOLD
Freeport, Maine
kersti.bayne GOLD, Freeport, Maine
10 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Life is like a box of chocolates."

Nonfiction
Nonfiction
By bella049117 SILVER
Shell Beach, California
bella049117 SILVER, Shell Beach, California
6 articles 0 photos 10 comments
Nonfiction
By emmawu GOLD
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
emmawu GOLD, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
19 articles 1 photo 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"God wrote life to be a comedy, but for some reason, none of his actors will go along with the script."

Nonfiction
By aphilly DIAMOND
St. Paul Park, Minnesota
aphilly DIAMOND, St. Paul Park, Minnesota
63 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Have you ever once in your life reached out to touch infinity?" -Ellen Hopkins

Genna Scarano BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By Zira333 PLATINUM
Rockville, Maryland
Zira333 PLATINUM, Rockville, Maryland
22 articles 10 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By buddingauthor16 SILVER
Fairmount, Illinois
buddingauthor16 SILVER, Fairmount, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
'Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.'

Keilah GOLD, Eureka, Missouri
18 articles 10 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I used to have an open mind, but my brains kept falling out."