bullying

Controlling people do not like to be controlled. Controlling people do not like to have their agendas obstructed.

Stay away from people who gossip and spread rumors. They are choosing the path of emotional bullying and negativity.

Each of us is a book waiting to be written, and that book, if written, results in a person explained.

you know what her punishment is for tormenting you way back when?" he said.I looked at him.He said, "her punishment is being her,

Bullies don't like to fight, son. They like to win. Being afraid is normal. The only fight you really have to win is the one against the fear.

I was diamond on the outside, and I would not break.Inside, though, I was already broken.

The institution known as "school" isn't just a facility for doing classwork. It's essentially a microcosm of society, all of humanity put together in a little diorama. Bully exists in schools because war and conflict exist in the world, and school castes reflect our stratified, hierarchical society. Living in a democracy, the tyranny of the majority naturally applies at school, too. The majority -- that is to say, the people with the most friends -- are superior.

Maybe you never considered yourself a bully, a batterer or an abuser before, but maybe you are _ to yourself.

Fear of a bully, fear of a volcano; the power within you does not distinguish. It does not recognize degree.

Going to the extreme of inviting and welcoming people into your church in order to hear you condemn them or to know from your policy that you condemn them is not much better than bullying.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words...they'll destroy my soul.

My days of torment were over, but the damage was done. I conflated the bullies and my bathroom accidents with an inchoate sense that something was wrong with me. I broadcast my sense of otherness through my slumped posture, downcast expression, and extreme timidity. Kids at school called weird so often that after a while I believed them. I hid myself behind a curtain of tangled hair.

I think life is a lot different for alternative kids nowadays. Texting and the internet mean that being a Goth or something means you're part of a big social scene, it's an inclusive thing. Back then, we all just went our different ways in the afterglow,wishing each other all the best with the next ten years of bullying.

Every man dies. Not every man truly lives." Sir William Wallace

Words have power, and sometimes, they stay withyou for life. It__ up to you to allow those words to define who you become.

And I stood there and took it because I was an object. We were all objects to Marcus McCoy.

I__ starting to think that you have a really bad habit of trying to save me.__he turns shy and looks down. __ou are worth saving.

If you get sick again? Alec, stop hiding behind that. We start dying the day we are born. If everyone thought the way you do, no one would ever go after their dreams. There would be a ton of unhappy people moping around.