Margaret Atwood Quotes

The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.

I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child.

How little authority I have

I was seven or eight and a kid who was easily picked on. Not bullied but other kids would've told me what to do in the streets. I was very shy. I used to put my head down.

Growing up as a little kid, I wasn't always this size. I got picked on a lot.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

Growing up, I had a ton of friends, and I had a great life, but people still made fun of me sometimes.

When you're younger, you get shoved a lot. You don't really have a say-so.

Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses.

Growing up, I was always the small guy.

I used to have acne when I was a kid growing up. You can imagine how serious that was in making you feel bad. And I had skinny bow legs. I mean, as a kid growing up, I was an insecure fella.

When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.

I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, 'This kid is not growing up, he is growing tall but he can be broken like a banana.' The banana in Congo is called 'Dikembe.' So my uncle start calling me, 'Dikembe, Dikembe, look at you Dikembe, you cannot even stand up.' It took a long time for me to walk.

In school, I was the quietest girl ever! I had a lot of trouble in school. Kids were mean to me.

I do have an outsider's complex of getting made fun of. I was made fun of as a kid, and I don't have the stomach for it.

I had trained myself not to go to the bathroom throughout my elementary and junior high school years because I was bullied. And you don't understand why you're being bullied, so you just suppress it.

When you're small, you either are funny, or you get beat up a lot.

I was very awkward as a kid. I was a square trying to fit into a circle and it never worked for me. The harder I tried, the harder I fell. For some reason I was a real target and I got beat up and called names.

I think Pete did have a hard time as a kid with his appearance. But don't all kids have a hard time? God, I had a hard time, too. I was little with bow legs and rickets. I used to get picked on like everybody used to get picked on.

I was a fat little kid with a speech impediment. I used to get beat up, not just picked on.

When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased.

I was picked on as a kid. I had a nose the size of a softball plus braces and acne. It was rough.

Kids will pick up on weakness, and I was very shy growing up. I was skinny and flat-chested; I didn't have the latest clothes. For me, it was about being left out and not having any friends and being laughed at. I was very lonely, but that happens to so many people.

I feel like, throughout lots of my life, especially growing up, I felt powerless.

Being a big kid, I was kind of fat and chubby, and I got picked on quite a bit.