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"The other day I walked into school and a girl was carrying balloons and one of them popped. Everyone in the whole school got really terrified."
—Errol, age 17, from a suburb in the West

"People were coming up to me and begging me not to kill them. I felt like telling them: ‘Cut it out; I’m not going to do anything.’"
—Cody, age 14, from a suburb in New England

"I wouldn’t say that teasing was the sole thing that affected Eric and Dylan. I’m sure they had a lot of other problems in life already. But I think in the long run that was the biggest factor, the spark that ended up setting off the fuse."
—Andrew, age 17, from Littleton, Colorado

"I think bullying is a circle that begins with homophobia. It starts there and then it goes to being made fun of. Then it goes to repressing your anger, and then it goes to acting out."
—Owen, age 17, from a city in the West

"The Matthew Shepard case offers a lot of lessons. It teaches us that we should all try to be open to one another, that no matter who we are, we should be able to get along."
—Cory, age 18, from a suburb in the West

"I just don’t want to become a man, at least not the kind of man I have known far too often."
—Gordon, age 18, from a small town in the South

"I’m always thinking: ‘don’t let your feelings show.’"
—Glenn, age 18, from a small town in the Mid-West

"Guys take on a new persona to impress girls."
—Max, age 17, from a city in the South

"Sometimes people say there are two me’s, like I have a dual personality… The public persona is not really who I am. It’s a tool…to be who everyone wants me to be."
—Raphael, age 17 from a city in the West

"God is the person who is there when nobody else is."
—Cedric, age 14, from a city in the Northeast

"Maybe a couple of times I used to bully some kids. I haven't bullied anyone since the shooting. I try to be nicer to people even if I don't like them."
—John, from Littleton, Colorado