Sue Klebold

“Was he evil? I've spent a lot of time wrestling with that question. In the end, I don't think he was. Most…

— Sue Klebold

“[Dylan's friend] Zack's girlfriend, Devon, made a book for us.... There was Dylan--grinning while pushing Zack's dad into the pool; sporting a…

— Sue Klebold

“An acquaintance working at a youth correctional facility told me some of the imprisoned boys cheered as they watched television coverage of…

— Sue Klebold

“the school’s administration favored athletes, making excuses for them while coming down hard on others for lesser offenses.”

— Sue Klebold

“If you hurt your knee, you wouldn’t wait until you couldn’t walk before seeking help. You’d ice the joint, elevate it, skip…

— Sue Klebold

“Dylan and Eric planned the massacre together, and they acted together, but I believe—as most of the investigators who examined the evidence…

— Sue Klebold

“It can be hard to differentiate between someone who is genuinely getting out of a cycle of depression, and someone who feels…

— Sue Klebold

“Suicidal thought is a symptom of illness.”

— Sue Klebold

“A resigned Dylan tried to comfort a horrified newcomer to the group: “You get used to it. It happens all the time.”…

— Sue Klebold

“If the portrayal of Dylan as a monster left the impression that the tragedy at Columbine had no relevance to average people…

— Sue Klebold

“What on earth did you people do to create such anger in a child? How could you not see what was happening?…

— Sue Klebold

“Would they have recognized clinginess, hypochondria, and sleep disturbances as possible symptoms of depression in their own kids? Not one of them…

— Sue Klebold

“I failed to understand as a parent until it was too late: that anyone can be suffering and in need of expert…

— Sue Klebold

“Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote, “Evil is not an appearance,” adding that “knowing its causes does not dispel it.”

— Sue Klebold

“Hatred does not obliterate love. Indeed, the two are in constant fellowship. Sue”

— Sue Klebold

“In the wake of Columbine, many people have come forward to share their own stories of hidden pain with me. I find…

— Sue Klebold