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By Griffin Luxford BRONZE
Cumming, Georgia

Period 4 I’ll never forget the summer of 2009. I cherished that summer like a mother would cherish a new born baby. I was spending that summer with my grandmother at her house i...
Griffin Luxford BRONZE, Cumming, Georgia
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By TenshiSama SILVER
Vernon, Connecticut
TenshiSama SILVER, Vernon, Connecticut
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You do have something special..It's just on your back so you can't see it. but everyone else can see it!" ~Tohru Honda, Fruits Basket

mjVAL SILVER, San José, Other
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can&rsquo;t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.&rdquo;<br /> ― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

Shrey Som BRONZE, Hyderabad, Other
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
listeningtostars GOLD, Kirkland, Washington
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You know one me. Just like I know one you. But you can&#039;t know every me. And I can&#039;t know every you.&quot; -David Levithan

MerelyDreamingOutLoud GOLD, Mississauga, Other
11 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All of time and space; everywhere and anywhere; every star that ever was. Where do you want to start?&quot;

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By Anonymous
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StarSophia GOLD, Wauwatosa, WI, Wisconsin
18 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;But it&#039;s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it&#039;ll shine the clearer.&quot; ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers<br /> <br /> &quot;For I know the plans I have for you...plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.&quot; ~ Jeremiah 29:11<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.&rdquo; ~ Corrie Ten Boom

madianne BRONZE, Sacramento, California
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By GleekGamer PLATINUM
Somerset, New Jersey
GleekGamer PLATINUM, Somerset, New Jersey
28 articles 1 photo 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Friendship isn&#039;t always easy, but there&#039;s no doubt it&#039;s worth fighting for.&quot;