12 Quotes by Jodee Blanco

What a desperate, pathetic fool I was. Time after time, my "friends" had shown me their true colors. Yet, I still wanted to believe they were sorry for causing me pain. p. 128

This book is a labor of love. It is dedicated to people who have cried themselves to sleep because they were 'different'. It is also a celebration of the 'inner outcast' in all of us, and a humble attempt to inspire tolerance, understanding, and acceptance." the intro from the author

....stood there and watched and didn't do a thing to help me.

....you can overcome sadness, loneliness, even terrible loss. But guilt goes with you the grave.

You don't get to pick who you are in this life, but you can decide what you become.

The hardest thing about being an outcast isn’t the love you don’t receive. It’s the love you long to give that nobody wants.

It’s not that bullying is any worse today. The impulse for cruelty is the same impulse. The only difference is that the tools to achieve that have become more sophisticated.

What a desperate, pathetic fool I was. Time after time, my “friends” had shown me their true colors. Yet, I still wanted to believe they were sorry for causing me pain. p. 128.

You don’t get to pick who you are in this life, but you can decide what you become.