“ Take a little thought experiment. Imagine all the rampage school shooters in Littleton, Colorado; Pearl, Mississippi; Paducah, Kentucky; Springfield, Oregon; and Jonesboro, Arkansas; now imagine they… Michael S. Kimmel
“ Selena was born in a generation that had grown up on the edge. She’d grown up knowing that the little child starlet who voiced Anne-Marie on 'All Dogs Go to Heaven', Judith Barsi, had been murdered an… Rebecca McNutt
“ I finally understood what could drive kids to show up with guns and shoot up their schools. Nenia Campbell
“ I could’ve gone on and on but the truth was all that mattered. “My brother died because someone was jealous. Laura Anderson Kurk
“ A friend is someone who can brighten your day with a simple smile, when others try to do it with a thousand words. Beth Nimmo
“ We bumped into other silent lines of kids going in the same direction. We looked like we were much younger and our lines were headed to the cafeteria or recess or the carpool line. Or it could’ve been… Laura Anderson Kurk
“ 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 g… Laura Anderson Kurk
“ Because the truth was, and we both knew it, he'd gone long, long ago. I'd just made him stick around when he really wanted to be somewhere else. In his own weird way, he was another victim of the shoo… Jennifer Brown
“ With a damp palm, I turned the knob and cracked open the door. She was asleep in her freshly made bed. I can’t explain how relieved I felt for this simple mercy. She was here and safe on clean sheets. Laura Anderson Kurk
“ It was an oddly satisfying idea to feel bereft as I left my mother this time. We only feel bereft when we’re deprived of something meaningful. Laura Anderson Kurk
“ His fingers gouged into my leg harder. "My sister was in that cafeteria," he said. "She saw her friends die, thanks to you and that puke boyfriend of yours. She still has nightmares about it. He got w… Jennifer Brown
“ Life isn't fair. A fair's a place where you eat corn dogs and ride the ferris wheel. Jennifer Brown
