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What fueled this hatred? Society.Shannon A. Thompson
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It's not the best life in the world, but it's all I know.Shannon A. Thompson
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I’m not mad. I already told you that. We all have mistakes in our past...and our future. It’s a fact of life.Shannon A. Thompson
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I wouldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for the people I had met and the people I had lost.Shannon A. Thompson
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I thought of all the hardships and people that I had lost in the past few days alone, but, most of all, I thought of how I didn't regret any of it.Shannon A. Thompson
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She was always daydreaming. She never wanted to live in the real world; she always seemed to be separated from other children her age. They couldn’t understand her or her imagination. She was always thinking outside of the box, breaking rules, and only following what her heart told her was right.Shannon A. Thompson
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War makes animals of men, and we can't let that happen to us. If we do, we won't have any chance of survival.Shannon A. Thompson
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I couldn’t help but feel as if everyone had lied about everything. We all had secrets. We all had a dark side to our innocent cover. I wondered what we would be like, if we had been completely honest with each other in the first place. Maybe more people would be alive, but then again, more people could be dead.Shannon A. Thompson
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He's been through so much and to watch that boy suffer makes me wish this world wasn't so cruel.Shannon A. Thompson
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I saw something I could never forget. I saw lifetimes of acknowledgement, fear, wisdom, questioning, and understanding in a child's eye. It was the worst thing I would ever witness.Shannon A. Thompson
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Until they feel what we feel, they will never fully understand the own hell they caused.Shannon A. Thompson
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Damn the way he had control over me.Shannon A. Thompson
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I was a person full of wishes but without a star.Shannon A. Thompson
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Bad bloods aren't born evil or dangerous. We are taught to be, but only because we have to if we want to survive.Shannon A. Thompson
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No one wanted to die with secrets in their grave.Shannon A. Thompson
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The feeling of death is not as peaceful as they make it sound in movies and books. It was frightening and empty... I never want to feel it again.Shannon A. Thompson
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You can't make the world perfect, Daniel, " Michelle said calmly while dusting dirt off her jeans with her delicate hand. "No. I can't, " I agreed. "But I can sure help make it better.Shannon A. Thompson
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Why do they hate us?" He paused. "We didn't do anything wrong.Shannon A. Thompson
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I would only blame myself if something happened to you.Shannon A. Thompson
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I'm just helping someone who is unfortunate. Is that a crime?Shannon A. Thompson
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I liked this rich lifestyle, but I loved the poor lifestyle better. The less money people had, the less greedy they seemed to be. The people who lived around our flocks seemed to always love everyone around them. Even though they aren’t always happy and can’t always afford the bills, they are still glad to be alive.Shannon A. Thompson
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She was strong and stubborn but loving. She was an untouchable angel with a devil’s mark. She was beautiful.Shannon A. Thompson
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She used to tell me that a full moon was when mysterious things happen and wishes come true.Shannon A. Thompson
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The dark, twisting clouds that had settled over Vendona’s streets seemed to open up and glide past the winking moon. The wind moaned slowly as it died while the trees began dancing with a melody only known to nature. The city became alive, and time raced forward as the sky warmed slightly. It was no longer snowing.Shannon A. Thompson
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Tell me, how do get away from your own self?” she questioned. I knew what she meant with a sickening realization. They knew what I was. Somehow, they had found out my only secret.Shannon A. Thompson
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Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I’ll wake up with sweat drenching my chest and think it’s the blood and muck I was covered in that night.Shannon A. Thompson