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“Stefan spat. "Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.”
― Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure

“We explain when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you do not stoop to their level. Our motto is when they go low, you go high.”
― Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama: Our First Lady

“Other people’s words have almost nothing to do with you and almost everything to do with them.”
― Gisele Bündchen, Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life

“Bullying happens because weak people need to prop up their ego by beating up or humiliating others.”
― Bruce Dickinson, What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography

“Once you accept a label you may have to wear it for the rest of your short life. Don't accept any negative label from anyone no matter who they are.
If you have accepted any negative label, it's time to take them off of you.”
― Paul Bamikole

“I want the sound of my yell to shake every leaf and every twig of this forest, and every brick of the villager that resides next to it. I want the Water of Leith to vibrate with the sound of it. I want my voice to travel deep down under the earth, to the roots of the trees, where it will make them change shape, growing up different and shooting into the air with a gasp. I want the landscape to move. I want the wind to rush through every front door, blowing away the old attitudes and the stares and the whispers and the snide remarks.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

“Schools who say they're zero tolerance about bullies turning around to give said bullies badges that make them arbiters of good behaviour, that's hard. It's hypocritical. It scrambles my brain when I try to understand it.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

“Want to know the worst thing about being autistic? It's not the autism."
I throw the napkin down and push back my chair.
"It's people like you.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

“I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

“Some forms of bullying feel more like smoke than fire. They leave you gasping for air instead of burned. The damage is internal and harder to prove.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

“But I don’t know if I love him. I just hate him less
than everyone else...”
― Megan Howell, Softie: Stories

“The days when he had taken insults passively had passed, as had the days when he would melt in tears. He had never understood what made the others do it, only that he was somehow apart from them, somehow differ- ent, and that he would never fit in. From the time Serena had first held him after it happened, when he

was only five, his mother had counseled patience. "Ignore them," she said. "Deny them the satisfaction of seeing you rise in anger." She too had suffered this way. "Pay no attention to them. They are only jealous of your noble birth." She had tried to soften their in- sults. "When they call you half-breed you must remem- ber what it really means, that you are the best of two worlds, the best of the French and the best of the Tuareg."

Her advice felt warm and wise while he was on her lap, but evaporated quickly in the schoolyard. His patience only drove his tormentors to greater creativity in their taunts, and then they accused him of cowardice, of being a sissy. If he cried it drove them to new heights of viciousness.

And then one day when Moussa was eight Henri had seen his bruised cheek and asked about it, and Moussa had poured out his sorrow and his dilemma.

"Your mother is right in her way," Henri agreed after listening, "but just now I think they need a good thrashing. You need to teach them a lesson. I wish it weren't so, but they respect only strength." After that Moussa tried hard not to forget his mother's advice, but he found that fists often worked better. At first he lost most of the fights, but a bloody nose from fighting back felt better to him than a bloody nose from doing nothing. And with practice, along with the instruction he received from his father and Gascon, he got better. Before long the students learned to taunt him at their own peril, for even if they might finally beat him, they would pay a heavy price.”
― David Ball, Empires of Sand by David Ball

“When they say that they’re grossed out, they’re lying. They’re just scared. They’re terrified. I don’t mean they’re scared of the way your eyes look or anything. They’re scared to admit there’s anything they don’t understand. They can’t do anything on their own, so they band together, but they aren’t really friends, and when something in the world stands out, they get scared and try to destroy it. They try to get rid of it. In reality, they’re as scared as anyone, but they trick themselves out of it. They’re trying to find peace, but the more they hide, the more numb they become. But that feeling of fear, it stays with them, so it goes on and on, day after day. No matter how they torture us, we never say anything. Especially not to our teachers or our parents. And no matter what they do, we come to school each day, which makes them even more scared. If we ever started screaming or threw ourselves at their feet and started begging, I bet we could make them stop. But we’re not just playing by their rules. This is our will. We let them do this. It’s almost like we chose this. That’s all the more reason why they can’t leave us alone. They’re so scared, so terrified, and there’s nothing they can do to stop it.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

“It's rarely you who decides there's something wrong with you; instead, you get your cues from someone who is the right combination of bored, cruel, and insecure about themselves to begin with.”
― Scaachi Koul, One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

“In my experience, it’s always the one in the group whose own position is most precarious, the one who walks the thin, thin line between insider and outcast—you can count on it, it’ll be him who hits the hardest, who laughs the loudest. The other butcherboys don’t particularly care whether I live or die, but this one, this Dowell—he’s the one who really hates me. Because Dowell knows, and he knows I know, that he’s a lot closer to being like me than his so-called friends are.”
― Sarah Henstra, We Contain Multitudes

“You're in History class with me, right, Kim? Russian history with Mr. Ross? Well, guess what? My sister and her horrible friends are like Stalin and his cabinet. You're only in until someone decides you're a traitor and then you're out. Your days are numbered.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

“So, I do one bad thing and it wipes out all of the terrible things they did before? Things that went unpunished? Bullying isn't being a bit mean at one time to someone who is always mean, Mr. McDonough. That's not what bullying means.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

“It's always a bully playing the victim and their target being forced back into a situation that makes them feel trapped. In danger. Embarrassed and ashamed for even speaking out in the first place.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

“Bullying: the schoolyard version of a bad sitcom. It's like someone pressing the "stress" button on your mental health remote, but don't worry, we've got the power to change the channel. Let's rewrite the script: bullies become the comic relief, and mental health takes center stage as the hero. We'll bring in some plot twists, like confidence boosts and supportive allies, turning the whole situation into a laugh-out-loud comedy.”
― life is positive

“Pink Shirt Day. A time to stand up against bullying and spread kindness like confetti. Let's pinkify the world and show bullies they're out of fashion! Time to strut our stuff in shades of kindness and stand tall against the tyranny of meanies. So, grab your pink gear and join the parade of positivity! Remember, a little splash of pink goes a long way in painting over the grey areas of bullying. Let's spread love like confetti and make the world a brighter, happier place—one pink shirt at a time!”
― Life is Positive

“Não se esqueçam de uma coisa: vocês são vocês, e as outras pessoas, são as outras pessoas. Cada um tem um modo de pensar, uma personalidade, infância e ambiente de crescimento diferente. Não podemos julgar ou tirar conclusões sem pensar em metermo-nos na pele do outro.”
― Ana Cláudia Dâmaso, Não Vales Nada

“I now realize that my work is not necessarily to fight the establishment, but to present concrete examples of unfairness, injustice, and prejudice to bring about extensive and effective change—not just to tyrannical regimes—but also to nations masquerading as democracies secretly hiding autocratic and totalitarian agendas.”
― Expat Scribe, The Invisible Cyber Bully: What it's like to be watched 24/7

“Mum once said, when she was alive, that boys were mean to girls because they liked them. I thought that was the most revolting thing I had ever heard, and I know it's not true of the boys at school.”
― Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

“Me he hecho tanto daño o más
que las palabras de la gente de uranio.
Me he autoflagelado
hasta dejarme el alma sangrando.”
― Ana Martín Carrillo, Sonata caduca

“Hardly any amount of oppression from above takes the heart out of a boy like oppression from his fellows.”
― C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

“Well, you know what Cathy's like. You have to keep on the right side of her,' Billie mumbled.
'Why?' I persisted.
'Because she's Cathy,' Billie said.
'Well, I'm Mab. Why don't you want to stay on the right side of me?' I said.”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Project Fairy

“And you have no manners!' I retorted.
To my surprise she chuckled. 'That's the spirit,' she said. 'You must learn to stand up for yourself. I am amazed you let those tedious girls in your class make fun of you.
'They call me names,' I said.
'Then call them names too, worse ones. And play tricks on them. That is the fairy way.' said Bindweed.”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Project Fairy

“However, it's not fair that the only options we currently have for children like me is to either have their parents give over their lives to homeschooling, or to suffer in an environment where every ounce of them is riduculed, ripped apart or forced to changed.”
― Chloé Hayden, Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

“Sometimes, when someone says something to us, we all of a sudden start to wonder why they said it, what they meant, and whether or not it's true.”
― A.M. Revere, Abolish the Label

“They find one who is innocent as victim and they hit one, they make one believe one is guilty, they ruin one's psychology. The bullies do that.”
― Maria Karvouni, You Are Always Innocent