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By Christopher Wickham BRONZE
Bronx, New York

The #1 train skates across the tracks speeding through the local stops because of the late hour. I sit alone in the middle of the train, a book seared to my hands, headphones jamme...
Christopher Wickham BRONZE, Bronx, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

SarahTheTotts BRONZE, Nashua, New Hampshire
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. -- Plato

Nonfiction
By bunbunthegerman SILVER
Islip Terrace, New York
bunbunthegerman SILVER, Islip Terrace, New York
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is the school, Love, is the lesson

Nonfiction
By pampalooga PLATINUM
Natick, Massachusetts
pampalooga PLATINUM, Natick, Massachusetts
30 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We all can't be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the sides and clap as they go by." "In the end, they're just more words."

Nonfiction
By Physics981 PLATINUM
York, Pennsylvania
Physics981 PLATINUM, York, Pennsylvania
38 articles 1 photo 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Failures help one grow as a person.

Nonfiction
By Physics981 PLATINUM
York, Pennsylvania
Physics981 PLATINUM, York, Pennsylvania
38 articles 1 photo 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Failures help one grow as a person.

Tweedilydum BRONZE, Leander, Texas
1 article 24 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be who you are and say what you feel, cause those who mind don&#039;t matter, and those who matter, don&#039;t mind&quot;......Dr. Seuss <br /> &quot;All of us are crazy in one good way or another&quot;....Yiddish saying<br /> &quot;What happens is not as important as how you react to it&quot;

Nonfiction
By Clarebear101 PLATINUM
Bellbrook, Ohio
Clarebear101 PLATINUM, Bellbrook, Ohio
23 articles 31 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nothing we can do can change the past, everything we do can change the future&quot;<br /> &quot;raindrops are like fairy whispers&quot;<br /> &quot;life is not about finding yourself it is about creating yourself&quot;

Nonfiction
By Clarebear101 PLATINUM
Bellbrook, Ohio
Clarebear101 PLATINUM, Bellbrook, Ohio
23 articles 31 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nothing we can do can change the past, everything we do can change the future&quot;<br /> &quot;raindrops are like fairy whispers&quot;<br /> &quot;life is not about finding yourself it is about creating yourself&quot;

Nonfiction
By Kal-el SILVER
San Antonio, Texas
Kal-el SILVER, San Antonio, Texas
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Experience... The end finds it wasted on dead men.<br /> -Og Mandino-