Nancy Manning

“If you see someone being bullied, make it stop. Why is that so hard for us to do?”
― Susane Colasanti, Keep Holding On

“He had put his hand up in class, a declaration of existence, a claim that he knew something. And that was forbidden to him. They could give a number of reasons for why they had to torment him; he was too fat, too ugly, too disgusting. But the real problem was simply that he existed, and every reminder of his existence was a crime.”
― John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In

“Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it.”
― Ellen DeGeneres

“...here's what I've learned - people will hurt you, but you don't have to respond - not every mean comment or cruel act deserves to be noticed ...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain