Because that saying about sticks and stones is a pack of lies. Unkind words hurt more than anything else. You end up carrying them around in your head, wondering if they’re true. Bruises fade, but self-doubt follows you forever.

~ Kate Lattey

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You pierce me with a look, a word, a gesture. And yet those same weapons could shield me from hurt if you so choose.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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Had she any respect for him at all, his words would've affected her. But no value accompanies comments spewed from the mouth of a brute.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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TO ALL MANKINDSpeak kind wordsto mankindand the unkindwill attack you.Speak common senseusing any of your senses,and you will be attacked bythe senseless.Speak truth,and you will be attacked bythe untruthful.Speak about absolutely nothing,and absolutely nothingwill speak back,but then nothing at allwill ever change.

~ Suzy Kassem

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