Tequan Richmond Quotes

I was a loner; I spent the first half of high school alone.

I never dated much in high school or college.

At one point in time or another, everyone's an outcast, and you have to deal with those sort of issues in society. Especially for teenage kids, I don't think there's anyone that's really been through childhood and not been an outcast in one way or another.

I was such a wallflower in high school. I did a lot of extracurricular theatre shows, but at school, I spent a lot of time by myself. I ate lunch by myself, and I was always okay with it. But I was definitely made fun of, and I always felt like an outsider.

I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was.

I wanted to get through high school anonymously.

I remember dealing with bullies in high school and being put down because I was different.

I think the stigma surrounding mental illness and also the stigma surrounding self-esteem issues or insecurities or just even feeling different is something that doesn't really get enough attention. Everybody struggles with feeling alone or that they are going through something they don't quite understand.

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

Everyone has strange teenage years. It's not like I can claim some particularly unique set of high school horrors. I think I was just an awkward kid who never felt comfortable in his own skin. I think I was alone a lot by circumstance and then by choice.

I think all teenagers feel alone, and that nobody else knows what they are going through and all that sort of stuff.

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

I didn't have a good childhood because I never could get along with other kids. I was the child that sat in the corner eating lunch by herself.

In high school, I was kind of a loner because I had moved to a new school.

I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.

I'd never been to a prom, I had never had the whole high school experience. I think I was kind of an anomaly. I don't think they knew where to put me.

I wasn't even popular at school.

I didn't go out on one date in high school.

I was actually a really sort of nervous, shy kid. In high school, it was one of those things where I wasn't popular or a loser; I just don't think many people really knew who I was.

I used to feel very lonely on the team. The boys would all pair up.

I didn't have any friends. I was bullied. I didn't play sports.

Whenever I used to do sports at school, there were those children who were picked last. I just wasn't picked at all.

What I do remember about first grade and that year was that it was very lonely. I didn't have any friends, and I wasn't allowed to go to the cafeteria or play on the playground. What bothered me most was the loneliness in school every day.

I guess I sort of got bullied in high school but no more than anyone else. I felt like everyone was weird or different.

I wasn't popular in high school; I had no friends.