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It was Mother's Day weekend, and I was ecstatic. It reminded me of a child's first Christmas. I was sixteen, and, for the first time in my life, I was able to spend it with my mo...

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By Insane2001 SILVER
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Insane2001 SILVER, Plainsboro, New Jersey
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I found myself looking around me at hollow faces, and wondering if this is it, if every heart on this earth has been stained. But then, when I look into our hearts, I see we're all like candles with beauty inside, masked behind wax, hardened by the pain we all must face. But when one of us begins to burn with compassion, our fragrance fills the air, and we unconsciously ignite others around us. I find that the wax melts, and that is our core, our beauty, our light that remains. Slowly we'll burn one by one, till the day we reach the end of our sticks and we're all burning with compassion. So maybe we all have to be set alight.- Percy Jackson, Wolf's Law Chapter 23.

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By Ori SILVER
Wyckoff, New Jersey
Ori SILVER, Wyckoff, New Jersey
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"It's not about what the intention was, it matters what the intention led to." Ori Young

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taylort12294 BRONZE, Aston, Pennsylvania
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"If ever there is a tomorrow we’re not together… There is something you must remember: you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart, I’ll always be with you.

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Launa BRONZE, Louisville, Kentucky
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