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#22781voted by our readers
By Nour.Farid BRONZE
Cairo, Other

I took a walk along the shore with the sand squishing slowly through my toes as the cold breeze sifted through my skin blowing my hair; I inhaled every single particle of it. While...
Nour.Farid BRONZE, Cairo, Other
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#22782 Nonfiction
By BeckaLynn27 BRONZE
Mayslick, Kentucky
BeckaLynn27 BRONZE, Mayslick, Kentucky
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#22783 Nonfiction
Written-in-ink SILVER, Asheboro, North Carolina
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”

#22784 Nonfiction
By CarterTomich GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
CarterTomich GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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#22785 Nonfiction
By kimpossiblebyday GOLD
South San Francisco, California
kimpossiblebyday GOLD, South San Francisco, California
12 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I began to view the world at large through borrowed eyes more like those I wanted to own: hopeful." -Ellen Hopkins

#22786 Nonfiction
rots28 DIAMOND, East Hampton, Connecticut
85 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you&#039;re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone&#039;s feelings.&quot; <br /> &mdash; David Sedaris (Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim)

hannahkm2003 BRONZE, Durham, Maine
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#22788 Nonfiction
By pinkplants PLATINUM
Brandon, Mississippi
pinkplants PLATINUM, Brandon, Mississippi
39 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.&rdquo; <br /> ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

#22789 Nonfiction
By EmmaMcK BRONZE
Langley British Columbia, Other
EmmaMcK BRONZE, Langley British Columbia, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Country Roads, take me home.&quot;- John Denver &quot;God often gives nuts to toothless people.&quot;-Matt Groening &quot;You have to be someone.&quot;-Bob Marley

#22790 Nonfiction
paigelaborde BRONZE, River Ridge, Louisiana
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