99 Quotes About School-shooting

No one had fought back. His friends had not retaliated and morphed into monsters. They had fallen like flies. Perhaps such evil did not lurk in the others. Perhaps he's been wrong. The thought came to him suddenly, stopping his heart as if he'd been yanked from the dance hall and flung countries and time-zones away only to crash into arctic waters. It marked the end of something, as revelations often do.He was the monsters.

The ice cold fear I’d felt, not knowing if Wyatt was alive, pressed into the wall with other girls and surrounded by guys who were unspeakably brave, hit my body again in a wave. This was trauma—the gift that keeps on giving.

Life isn't fair. A fair's a place where you eat corn dogs and ride the ferris wheel.

A friend is someone who can brighten your day with a simple smile, when others try to do it with a thousand words.

Bear no malice for the ones who leave you.

People want to forget. No one would ever say it, but I think this town will be glad to see our class leave. They put up all the memorials you’d expect, but there was no need: we’re living reminders.

Thoughts and prayers won't stop a speeding bullet.

They saw it on the newsChildren sent out to schoolTo get a brighter futureSent backDeadIt's a common sight in AmericaSo commonThat the children of the 9/11 generationWho grew up watching the Twin Towers fallNow cannot feel anything but a sinking feeling of hopelessness

I understand that it would be easier for you to think of him as a hero. But, Valerie, he did kill a lot of kids. Probably not a lot of people are going to think of him as a hero.