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By EveLOverlord SILVER
San Antonio, Texas

13-year-old Jayme Closs had been kidnapped in her own house after having both her parents killed by her abductor, Jake Patterson. Jayme’s kidnapper was 21-years-old at the ti...
EveLOverlord SILVER, San Antonio, Texas
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The only way that anyone can truly learn is through pain, through emotional scars that remind you everyday why you won't make the same mistake again.


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By WolfGurl PLATINUM
Not A Real Place, Indiana
WolfGurl PLATINUM, Not A Real Place, Indiana
20 articles 5 photos 177 comments

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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened. –Anatole France.<br /> <br /> A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. –Josh Billings<br /> <br /> Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.- George Carlin<br /> <br /> A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. —Franklin D. Roosevelt<br /> <br /> Never lose. Either win, or learn. - Me

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By taylor.hall2514 BRONZE
Watertown, Wisconsin
taylor.hall2514 BRONZE, Watertown, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

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&ldquo;I know this transformation is painful, but you&rsquo;re not falling apart; you&rsquo;re just falling into something different, with a new capacity to be beautiful&rdquo;<br /> William C. Hannan

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Dani_Higareda PLATINUM, Hanahan, South Carolina
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“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” <br /> - Winnie the Pooh

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