Quotes About Struggle

Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.

I spent a long time working in restaurants and making no money. It was very character-building, but I think it could have been built in a shorter time.

I had bulimia for a few years. I was really sick. I don't know that person; I can't believe that was me.

I still feel the pain from the fact I've got a bullet in my brain.

If ballots won't work, bullets will.

Because I have been bullied and attacked about my body, body image has always been an issue for me.

For me as a kid growing up, I was gay and I didn't even realise it, let alone accept it. I was told I was gay before I could even imagine it. I was incredibly bullied - ferociously bullied - as a child.

I would say that no one in this world can say that they've never been bullied or have violence against them.

I was bullied at school.

I was the kind of person who got bullied and loved the attention of it.

I didn't have many friends; I was kind of bullied at school.

I was bullied a lot as a kid.

In school, I would run away whenever there was trouble, as I would get bullied a lot.

Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to be white like everyone else at school.

I was not popular. I was the kid in school that was bullied.

I was bullied at school, so I didn't much like it.

I've been bullied about my appearance since forever.

I really was bullied badly in school.

I got bullied so much growing up for being a different color in a majority white school.

I've been bullied because of the way I've looked growing up.

I'd go so far as to say I was bullied into writing, but sometimes you need that.

I was bullied in high school because I looked different.

I know how hard it is to be bullied about a part of yourself that you can't change, or just because of who you are. It can turn you into an angry and bitter person.

School was not a good experience. I would get bullied. It was really hard for me to get along with people who didn't have the same goals, so I just wanted to get to California.