Then I went back to my mother when I was 13 and she was ready for me.
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope.
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