The Mysterious Benedict Society Isolation Quotes

Ouch. "She was the only one who did." We kind of want to debate this point, but sadly there's nothing to debate—from what we hear of the orphanage director, he was more concerned with collecting his per student fee than making sure his students were doing okay. And the other kids at the orphanage all seemed to resent Reynie's intelligence or just ostracize him because he found books "enjoyable." Poor kid. But still. At least he has Miss Perumal, right?

Unfortunately, in our experience, kids who get teased don't necessarily stick together. Why? Because when you're getting bullied or teased, mostly you just want it to stop. So when the people who've been bullying or teasing you move on to someone new, it's kind of a relief, and the last thing you want to do is throw yourself back into the line of fire by hanging around with their new favorite target.

It's sad because it's just plain sad, but it's also sad because if all the kids who got teased refused to stand by and watch someone else get teased ever again, well, there'd be no one left. To tease or be teased. Right? Because like Reynie points out, everyone gets teased from time to time.

And it turns out he is. Sticky has run away from home and is under the impression that his parents are better off without him, so yeah—he's alone too. Now here are some kids who know isolation firsthand and long-term.