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By SMontes3 BRONZE
Bayside, New York

I see bright lamppost after bright lamppost illuminating the dark night. It’s a starless summer night in late August, a week before I had to return to school. There was a slight br...
SMontes3 BRONZE, Bayside, New York
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Nonfiction
By MelanieMac BRONZE
Baltimore, Maryland
MelanieMac BRONZE, Baltimore, Maryland
4 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I have met the enemy, and he is us"~ Walt Kelly

Nonfiction
By MelanieMac BRONZE
Baltimore, Maryland
MelanieMac BRONZE, Baltimore, Maryland
4 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I have met the enemy, and he is us"~ Walt Kelly

Nonfiction
Whitehorse144 SILVER, Templeton, Pennsylvania
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
The past is practice.

Nonfiction
By sweinberg BRONZE
Mesa, Arizona
sweinberg BRONZE, Mesa, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become."- Charles Du Bos

Nonfiction
By Anonymous
Nonfiction
By Anelamailani GOLD
Vancouver, Washington
Anelamailani GOLD, Vancouver, Washington
16 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
A true friend is a promise you keep forever.

rundontwalk SILVER, Perth, Other
8 articles 8 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Go within and scale the depths of your being from which your very life springs forth.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Rainer Maria Rilke

PenInHand06 BRONZE, Urbana, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I didn&#039;t pay much attention to the whistles and whoops, in fact, I didn&#039;t quite hear them. I was full of a strange feeling, as if I were two people. One of them was Norma Jeane from the orphanage who belonged to nobody; the other was someone whose name I didn&#039;t know. But I knew where she belonged; she belonged to the ocean and the sky and the whole world.&quot;<br /> Marilyn Monroe

Nonfiction
By TheNovaClytie PLATINUM
Woodhaven, Michigan
TheNovaClytie PLATINUM, Woodhaven, Michigan
30 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
If I could run away from my problems, I&#039;d probably get lost, and then new problems would find me.<br /> ~Shelby Seeley