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> [“Are they always so mean?” I asked. “It’s the oldest story in the book— the bullied become the bullies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/are-they-always-so-mean-i-asked-it-s-the-oldest-story-in-the-book-the/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

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## More by David Clawson

> [“They say that it’s always darkest before the dawn, but sometimes it’s really darkest the moment you realize a dream was just a dream.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/they-say-that-it-s-always-darkest-before-the-dawn-but-sometimes-it-s/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

> [“Child, I am taking you to The Autumnal Ball.” “The . . . but . . . but . . . I don’t have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/child-i-am-taking-you-to-the-autumnal-ball-the-but-but-i-don-t-have-a/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

> [“Are they always so mean?” I asked. “It’s the oldest story in the book— the bullied become the bullies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/are-they-always-so-mean-i-asked-it-s-the-oldest-story-in-the-book-the/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

> [“I admit, I bear my share of the responsibility for their getting it all wrong, so I guess I’m just going to tell this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/i-admit-i-bear-my-share-of-the-responsibility-for-their-getting-it/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

> [“I’m always amazed by how readily people judge the right and wrong of things they know only from the outside. Honestly, it kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/i-m-always-amazed-by-how-readily-people-judge-the-right-and-wrong-of/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

> [“Every time he said those words it was like a supernova of joy exploding inside me. I just didn’t yet know that supernovas burn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/every-time-he-said-those-words-it-was-like-a-supernova-of-joy/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

> [“I will say this about that moment when you realize your worst nightmare has proven to be reality— it can be oddly comforting. After…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/i-will-say-this-about-that-moment-when-you-realize-your-worst/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

> [“I have a theory that he’s not actually as stupid as he likes to act, because often he’ll play the stupidity card in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/i-have-a-theory-that-he-s-not-actually-as-stupid-as-he-likes-to-act/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

> [“Happiness can be a dangerous thing; it can make you greedy for more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/happiness-can-be-a-dangerous-thing-it-can-make-you-greedy-for-more/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

> [“but the human heart has a bad habit of being hopeful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/but-the-human-heart-has-a-bad-habit-of-being-hopeful/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

> [“I just felt like . . . me. And whatever “me” meant, that was perfectly fine and absolutely enough. Everyone should feel that kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clawson/i-just-felt-like-me-and-whatever-me-meant-that-was-perfectly-fine-and/)

[David Clawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clawson/)

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