“As kids, there's somehow the fear that these bullies can end your life if they want to. Everything is blown up, and occasionally that kind of awful thing does happen.” IfsWantKindDoeEndsHappensKidsAwfulBully Author:Jordan Peele
“I was 'gay-bashed' when I was in school even though, you know, I'm not... I'm a straight guy that just happens to be what I do. So, it's easily relatable to me. It was awful. It's a hard time in a kid's life.” KnowsHardHappensKidsSchoolGuyGayAwfulHard TimesRelatable Author:Grant Gustin
“Something awful happens to a person who grows up as a creative kid and suddenly finds no creative outlet as an adult.” PersonsHappensKidsOpportunityGrowsCreativeGrowing UpAdultsAwfulOutletsCreative Outlets Author:Judy Blume
“Most people are really fighting to not be adults. And, when it happens, it's a big transition. And a lot of that is just awful. It's awful to have to get a job and really be responsible for other people. And it is funny, too. Like, we're all kind of little idiot kids trying to act like we know what we are doing.” PeopleKnowsTryingKindLittlesBigsHappensKidsJobsFightingAdultsResponsibleAll KindsAwfulIdiotTransitionBeing Responsible Author:Judd Apatow
“Someone tells us that God loves us as a father loves his children. We are reassured. But then something awful happens. Some qualification is made.... We are reassured again. But then perhaps we ask: what is this assurance of God's (appropriately qualified) love worth, what is this apparent guarantee really a guarantee against? Just what would have to happen not merely (morally and wrongly) to tempt but also (logically and rightly) to entitle us to say "God does not love us" or even "God does not exist"?” ChildrenDoeMadeHappensAsksFatherAtheismPositive AtheismAwfulGod LoveGuaranteesAssuranceQualifiedQualificationsGod Loves Us Author:Antony Flew
“The "r" word [racism] is a scary word to me - I don't like to say it. I'm not trying to say it doesn't exist. It's incredibly inflammatory and invites a lot of awful mistakes and injustices that have happened and still do happen. It's a word that has been thrown around in a way that incites a lot of bad feelings in most people.” PeopleWayTryingHas BeensStillsFeelingsHappensMistakeHappenedRacismInjusticeScaryAwfulThrownInvites Author:Brandi Chastain