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#25461voted by our readers
By StarlingChild PLATINUM
El Cajon, California

My turn had come. The music began, all eyes turned on me, alone on the big stage. My heart stopped beating — it had died long ago, so why was I still living? If this is what you ca...
StarlingChild PLATINUM, El Cajon, California
23 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill


#25462 Nonfiction
NoahR BRONZE, Stratham, New Hampshire
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#25463 Nonfiction
By mbryant GOLD
Midlothian, Virginia
mbryant GOLD, Midlothian, Virginia
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"And this is the moment before. The moment when everything is still familiar and understandable. The moment before everything shifts."

#25464 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#25465 Nonfiction
By KatherineKrane PLATINUM
San Diego, California
KatherineKrane PLATINUM, San Diego, California
22 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I don't want to be a coward. It's not a very nice thing to be." - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

#25466 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#25467 Nonfiction
By HAILO BRONZE
Chehalis, Washington
HAILO BRONZE, Chehalis, Washington
2 articles 4 photos 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I will now share my political veiws with you."

#25468 Nonfiction
kmeep GOLD, Woodbury, New Jersey
17 articles 2 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you can&#039;t laugh at yourself, laugh at other people.<br /> -Tim Hawkins

#25469 Nonfiction
b_rod16 BRONZE, Portland, Oregon
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#25470 Nonfiction
By Zobst1 GOLD
Buffalo, New York
Zobst1 GOLD, Buffalo, New York
18 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.&quot; -The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde