“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." The adage is true as long as you don't really believe the words. But if your whole upbringing, and everything you have ever been told by parents, teachers and priests, has led you to believe, really believe, utterly and completely, that sinners burn in hell (or some other obnoxious article of doctrine such as that a woman is the property of her husband), it is entirely plausible that words could have a more long-lasting and damaging effect than deeds.” IfsBelieveMayLongWholeParentHurtBreakHellTeacherEffectsHusbandStonesPropertySticksDeedsBonesDoctrineSinnerPriestsLastingArticlesAdagesUpbringingHurt MePlausibleObnoxiousLong LastingSticks And Stones Author:Richard Dawkins
“suppose you invest time and effort in designing a new image for yourself. You get home and your husband takes one look and screams, 'Was the other person hurt? I see you've been in a head-on collision.' ... Men hate any change.” MenLooksPersonsHomeHateChangeHurtEffortDesignHusbandAppearanceScreamYour HusbandCollision Book:Don't blame the mirror Source: Don't blame the mirror
“You can have terrible things happen in your family. A husband and wife can be having a knock-down, drag-out fight and the minute one of the kids gets hurt, the fight is over and it's about the family.” HappensKidsFightingHurtWifeMinutesTerribleHusbandThings HappenOur FamilyDragTerrible ThingsHusband And Wife Author:Sophia Bush
“A girl becomes a wife with her eyes wide open. She knows that those sweetest words, 'I take thee to be my wedded husband,' really mean, 'I promise thee to cook three meals a day for 60 years; thee will I clean up after; thee will I talk to even when thou art not listening; thee will I worry about, cry over and take all manner of hurts from.” KnowsMenYearsMeanArtWisdomEyeTimeGirlThreeHurtKnowledgeWorryWifeCryListeningPromiseHusbandCleanWideTheeCooksMealsHer EyesReally MeanSweetestI PromiseEyes Wide Open Author:Alan Beck
“How far would you go to protect your family? I'm a father, I'm a son, I'm a grandson, and I'm a husband. If someone were to hurt the women in my life and the law didn't take care of it, what would I do? Pretty awful things.” IfsCareLawFatherHurtSonProtectHusbandTake CareAwfulOur FamilyGrandson Author:Jason Momoa
“Eleanor Roosevelt doesn't ever do anything that is going to hurt her husband. She tries things out on him. She gets permission to do things. The amazing thing, I think, historically, is that he says, "Go do it. If you can make this happen, I'll follow you."” IfsThinkingTryingHappensHurtHusbandPermissionAmazing ThingsEleanor Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“If you are married and you go off and have an affair with someone, if you are a husband who does that, it may potentially hurt your wife enormously. But it seems to me likely also to compromise your marriage. That seems to me to be a harm.” IfsMayDoeSeemsHurtWifeHusbandMarriedAffairHarmCompromise Author:Andrew Solomon
“Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don't want to upset their husbands or their significant others. They don't want to hurt people.” PeopleWantSocialHurtHusbandStructureSignificantUpsetSocial Structure Author:Erica Jong
“You just have to get out of the bubble and you have to quit listening to yourself. People are really hurt. The irony of this is, though, had Ms.[Hillary] Clinton listened to her husband instead of her boss, she might could have stopped this Rust Belt redneck revolt.” PeopleMightHurtListeningHusbandClintonQuittingIronyBossBubblesBeltsRedneckRevoltRust Author:Mary Matalin
“I've learned to become a progressive man because I have four women in my life. And their mother, who I'm not married to anymore, but who impresses me because of our relationship. Because we have a very deep and friendly relationship that is completely about who we really are now. Before it was husband, wife, mother, father. But now it's about who we are as human beings. Because we didn't give up on each other. And because we didn't hurt each other and blister each other from a divorce. We became tight. Best friends. And more than that even, because now we're best parents.” MenGivingHumansMotherFatherParentHurtHuman BeingsFourWifeHusbandGiving UpMarriedDivorceI've LearnedWho We AreFriendlyProgressiveOur RelationshipImpressVery DeepBlistersHusband WifeBest ParentsWife Mother Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“Being thankful helps you to be present.People commit errors because they are not present.I would encourage women and men to be present - you'll avoid falling into certain pits.For instance, if you know that a person has just lost his wife or her husband or lover, it's unlikely that you will say something that will hurt that person's feelings if you're truly paying attention. You'll make a sweeter life for yourself and for those around you if you are present.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenPersonsHelpingFeelingsCertainFallLostHurtAttentionWifeLoversHusbandMen And WomenErrorsCommitInstancePay AttentionUnlikelyBeing ThankfulPits Author:Maya Angelou
“Playing the part of a charitable soul was only for those who were afraid of taking a stand in life. It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others and fight for your rights. It is always easier to hear an insult and not retaliate than have the courage to fight back against someone stronger than yourself; we can always say we're not hurt by the stones others throw at us, and it's only at night - when we're alone and our wife or our husband or our school friend is asleep - that we can silently grieve over our own cowardice.” SoulSchoolNightFightingHurtCourageWifeRightsEasierHusbandGoodnessStonesStrongerGrievingInsultHave FaithCowardiceCharitableSchool Friends Author:Paulo Coelho
“Every widow wakes one morning, perhaps after years of pure and unwavering grieving, to realize she slept a good night's sleep, and will be able to eat breakfast, and doesn't hear her husband's ghost all the time, but only some of the time. Her grief is replaced with a useful sadness. Every parent who loses a child finds a way to laugh again. The timbre begins to fade. The edge dulls. The hurt lessens. Every love is carved from loss. Mine was. Yours is. Your great-great-great-grandchildren's will be. But we learn to live in that love.” WayYearsChildrenAbleNightParentRealizingLosesHurtLossSleepLove IsGriefMorningLaughingSadnessMinesPureHusbandEdgesGhostGrievingBreakfastFadesReplacedGrandchildrenWidowsGood NightUnwaveringGreat GrandchildrenTimbre Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“My mother says that when Mrs. Rowley is mean, which is generally the case, it is really because she is just unhappy, and who could blame her with a husband like that . . . She says this is really the only reason people are ever mean--they have something hurting inside of them, a claw of unhappiness scratching at their hearts, and it hurts them so much that sometimes they have to push it right out of their mouths to scratch someone else, just to give themselves a rest, a moment of relief.” PeopleGivingHeartMeanSometimesReasonMomentsMotherHurtCasesHusbandMouthsBlameUnhappyReliefUnhappinessIt HurtsScratchesClawsMeannessHurting Inside Author:Laura Moriarty