42 Quotes by Carolyn Mackler

Sometimes we make decisions about our life and they feel like the right decision at the time. No, they are the right decision at the time. But that doesn’t mean they’ll be the right decision forever.

But it there’s anything I’ve learned in the past few months, it’s that the only thing that’s certain in life is that nothing in life is certain.

It’s like you wake up one morning, and decided that how you’ve been in the past doesn’t have to define who you are in the future. Simple as that.

I’ve always protected myself when it comes to love. And maybe that’s the problem. By not letting myself get hurt now, it ripples into much bigger pain later.

Remember what to do when you’re at the bottom of a hole? You’ve got to stop digging.

On Valentine’s Day, the Spirit Club plastered the school with red streamersand pink balloons and red and pink hearts. It looked like Clifford the Big Red Dog ate a flock of flamigoes and then barfed his guts up.

Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative – I really felt good in my own body. And when I was bullied in seventh grade, my self-esteem tanked.

While most people had moved on from children’s books, Jake still loved them. They felt cozy like hot chocolate with mini marshmallows or a new jumbo box of Crayola crayons.

My own experience being bullied – it made me a more compassionate person. It made me more sympathetic to the adolescent experience.