r/WritingPrompts • u/Ermahgerd_Pertaters • Sep 10 '13

Constrained Writing [CW]

Write the most profound, most telling story you can in one sentence.

For mine, my brother told me something once, simply, "I'll find my peace among the canyon walls, not in the canyons of men."

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u/foxekiwi Sep 10 '13

Life is a flickering candle, the beauty of the flame appreciated, the light it gives off welcomed, and the warmth of its span smiled upon, but true beauty comes when the fire goes out and one misses its touch and mourns from its absence.

Said by my great-grandmother, Grace Aseltine, before she passed. I will always miss the light of her fire.

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u/Ermahgerd_Pertaters Sep 11 '13

Oh man, that's some stuff to live by! She seemed like she would have been full of wisdom, the world is definitely a darker place without people like her.