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By courtneycole SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin

The red, the white, and the blue. The rapid movement of the American flag hangs high for the whole world to see. This is the symbol of peace, faith and unity. This is the symbol...
courtneycole SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
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Wafflefairy BRONZE, Elmwood Park, Illinois
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"People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass jar on my desk." -Stephen King

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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 Anonymous
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By amc7wd SILVER
Topeka, Kansas
amc7wd SILVER, Topeka, Kansas
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Live. Laugh. Love. And then laugh some more.

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By tnwarren12 BRONZE
Canyon Lake, Texas
tnwarren12 BRONZE, Canyon Lake, Texas
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By hail16 BRONZE
South Hero, Vermont
hail16 BRONZE, South Hero, Vermont
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Phoenix, Arizona
AllieSlleW BRONZE, Phoenix, Arizona
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