#bullies

Roo: What’s your definition of popularity? Hutch: I used to think people were popular because they were good-looking, or nice, or funny, or good at sports. Roo: Aren’t they? Hutch: I’d think, if I could just be those things, I’d – you know – have more friends than I do. But in seventh grade, when Jackson and those guys stopped hanging out with me, I tried as hard as I could to get them to like me again. But then . . . (shaking his head as if to clear it) I don’t really wanna talk about it. Roo: What happened? Hutch: They just did some ugly stuff to me is all. And really, it was for the best. Roo: Why? Hutch: Because I was cured. I realized the popular people weren’t nice or funny or great-looking. They just had power, and they actually got the power by teasing people or humiliating them – so people bonded to them out of fear. Roo: Oh. Hutch: I didn’t want to be a person who could act like that. I didn’t want to ever speak to any person who could act like that. Roo: Oh Hutch: So then I wasn’t trying to be popular anymore. Roo: Weren’t you lonely? Hutch: I didn’t say it was fun. (He bites his thumbnail, bonsai dirt and all.) I said it was for the best. ↗

— E. Lockhart

#friends #loneliness #popularity #funny

Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#bullying #life

Bullies are just ignorant. ↗

— Josh Hutcherson

#ignorant #just

I was very fortunate and didn't personally encounter any bullies in school, however bullies exist in many ways in life. ↗

— Josh Hutcherson

#bullies #encounter #exist #fortunate #however

That bullies have low self-esteem is a fact written by neurotic nerds. In the battle of intellect versus power, the winner lacks integrity. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #nerds #self-esteem #funny

Most bullies are the product of a stressful and often abusive home life. Next time a bully threatens or attacks you, just yell, 'Don't abuse me like your parents abuse you!' Then call children's services and tell them you saw this bully crying in the bathroom and you're worried about him. Bam! He just got moved to a foster home. ↗

— Eugene Mirman

#advice #bullies #humor #school #humor

Whenever you've got a choice, do good, kiddo. It isn't always fun or easy, but in the long run it makes your life better. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#bigfoot #bullies #bully #bullying #do-good

People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#bullying #hurt #love #people #self-esteem

If bullies actually believe that somebody loves them and believes in them, they will love themselves, they will become better people, and many will even become saviors to the bullied. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#bully #bullying #compassion #empathy #greatness

If I could give one message to the bullies, it would be this: You are incredible. You are bound for great things. You have the potential to be anybody you want to be. There are people who believe in you. There are people who love you. Be what we know you can be, even if you don’t believe in yourself right now. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#bully #bullying #compassion #empathy #greatness