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#2201voted by our readers
By CloudConnection BRONZE
Billerica, Massachusetts

As humans, we are mechanically inclined to search for perfection. Everybody wants to be perfect, and when they become perfect, they want to be better. People strive for perfection...
CloudConnection BRONZE, Billerica, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You know they say there's always someone worse off? I'm that person!" - Crow


#2202 Opinion
Beliza_Heart SILVER, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
7 articles 5 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I cannot tell my story without going a long way back.&quot; Herman Hesse in the prolouge to Demian<br /> &ldquo;A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.&rdquo; GK Chesterton

#2203 Opinion
BMTs2 BRONZE, APO, AE, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I&mdash; <br /> I took the one less traveled by, <br /> And that has made all the difference.

#2204 Opinion
#2205 Opinion
Cristian serrano BRONZE, Dallas, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Joyce Xu SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#2207 Opinion
By Oreobell BRONZE
Sherwood, Oregon
Oreobell BRONZE, Sherwood, Oregon
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you&#039;re scared, just be scarier than whatever is scaring you!&quot; -Thumper

#2208 Opinion
By UnbrokenSouls BRONZE
Commack, New York
UnbrokenSouls BRONZE, Commack, New York
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
abriellayu SILVER, Freehold, New Jersey
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#2210 Opinion
By Nechama SILVER
Longmont, Colorado
Nechama SILVER, Longmont, Colorado
7 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through out love and friendship can we create the illusion that for the moment we&#039;re not alone.&quot; Orson Welles