People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.
Wayne Gerard TrotmanTag: self-esteem confidence self-confidence awareness bullying potential put-downs quotable
A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.
Criss JamiTag: motivational inspirational pain confidence youth loneliness attitude growth anger encouragement adaptation bullying bully introvert outcast bullied confidence-and-attitude
[On hearing that 86% of gay teens have experienced harassment] Eighty-six percent? Eighty-six per-fuckin-cent WERE harassed?! That means fourteen per-fuckin-cent WEREN'T harassed? WHAT?!
At MY school a hundred percent of the children - gay, straight, transgendered, bi, sell... or trade - WERE harassed. She's saying that fourteen percent of the gay students were NOT harassed? That seems impossible.
At MY school any one of us would have sucked Elton John's COCK at a mandatory school assembly for a fourteen percent chance of NOT being harassed.
Tag: sexuality school bullying teens glbt harassment
I’d known cruelty in a school—cruelty that would keep these amateurs up all night. But this kind of scene—crowds batting around a person because they thought he was weak—happened to be my personal trigger.
Laura Anderson KurkTag: cruelty bullying high-school glass-girl meg-kavanagh
I meant that the hatred of that July day in Nashville was alive and well on that horrible day in Pittsburgh. People hate others so they strike like snakes. It’s all connected—we’re all connected, bumping around into each other, some of us good, some bad, most a mixture. Every thought acted upon has consequences. Every one.
Laura Anderson KurkTag: hatred cruelty consequences bullying
Grayson noticed me next to the lockers. He pointed at me then held his arms out magnanimously. “You’re welcome, new girl,” he said. “I just saved you from having to find a nice way to say no to the leg dragger.
Laura Anderson KurkTag: cruelty bullying high-school special-needs glass-girl meg-kavanagh thanet
Most kids grow sullen and angry when they’re working through issues, but Thanet mustered up another kind of bull-headed strength. The kind that sees beyond circumstances to what really matters. How could anyone hurt a soul that lovely?
Laura Anderson KurkTag: dating grief bullying young-adult teen-fiction ya-fiction cerebral-palsy glass-girl henry-whitmire meg-kavanagh thanet laura-anderson-kurk
It was the first time I discovered that some girls actually sneak out of the house during slumber parties and meet up with boys. I would’ve never known if I hadn’t gone to the bathroom at midnight and caught Macy and Adrienne climbing through the bathroom window. They had on eyeliner, perfume, and cut-off shorts. Their only goodbye a glare that promised retribution if I didn’t keep my mouth shut.
Laura Anderson KurkTag: love grief friendships bullying young-adult-fiction teen-fiction ya-fiction wyoming glass-girl meg-kavanagh laura-anderson-kurk
I walk with my head high, shoulders squared. I'm better than them. No matter the whispers and taunts they throw out. Fuck them. Fuck them all.
Katie McGarryTag: confidence bullying
No. I didn't say you could talk yet.You made me feel like crap. I didn't fit into your little definition of perfect and you never let me forget it. I can assure you there is nothing. Nothing that would ever make you worth the air you breathe.
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