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Everybody Sees the Ants
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"Everybody Sees the Ants" Quotes

"Everybody Sees the Ants" follows a teenage boy struggling with bullying, family trauma, and self-discovery as he confronts the invisible emotional scars that affect his life.

Quotes

Just because you're not dead doesn't mean you're alive.

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lifephilosophy

The line between normal and crazy seemed to be getting harder and harder to see.

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mental health

Don't let other people take away the goodness in your life.

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positivityself-worth

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

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bullyingcourage

You can't control the things that happen to you. What you can control is the way you handle them.

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resiliencecontrol

Sometimes the biggest lies a person tells are the ones they tell themselves.

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self-deceptiontruth

The only way to break the chain is to stand up and fight back. Maybe you can't win, but you don't have to let them destroy you.

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fighting backempowerment

The world is full of people who don't know what they want.

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uncertaintyconfusion

Sometimes things have to go wrong before they can go right.

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adversityoptimism

The thing about the future is that it changes constantly. The thing about the past is that it never changes.

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pastfuture