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By Insane2001 SILVER
Plainsboro, New Jersey

Gay rights is an immense issue for people in these times. But is it really that difficult to decide? For starters, speaking in terms of America, the U.S government shouldn&rsquo...
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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MaryTD PLATINUM, Burns, Oregon
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&quot;To be great you must first be good.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I&#039;m not going to stay dead the rest of my life!&quot; - Theo in The Kestrel

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St. Peters, Missouri
EhMuhLee PLATINUM, St. Peters, Missouri
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&quot;In this life you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.&quot; John 16:33<br /> <br /> &quot;Depression is like being a bird with broken wings.&quot; Me

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