“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me. Bones mend and become actually stronger in the very place they were broken and where they have knitted up; mental wounds can grind and ooze for decades and be re-opened by the quietest whisper.” MayHurtBreakBrokenStonesStrongerSticksBonesDecadesWoundsGrindHurt MeSticks And Stones Book:Moab is My Washpot Source: Moab is My Washpot
“Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. What a dirty lie.” MayLyingHurtBreakStonesSticksBonesDirtyHurt MeMantrasDorkSticks And Stones Book:The John Green Collection Source: The John Green Collection
“A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind.” MenLonelinessFiguresWindBedSittingStonesLonelySticksEdgesBonesHotelAutumnSighBeing AloneBeing LonelyGinLonesomeLoneliness And SolitudeLonely ManAutumn WindLonesomenessSitting On The Edge Author:John Cheever
“Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To digg the dust encloased heare! Blest be the man that spares thes stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.” MenMovingJesusFriendshipHe ManStonesSakeBonesDustGood FriendSparesTombstone Author:William Shakespeare
“When you're a child, grownups always tell you that "sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will never hurt you". They say it as if it's a kind of spell that's going to protect you. I've never seen the logic of it. Cuts and bruises quickly disappear. You forget all about them. The psychological wounds inflicted by bullies with words go much deeper.” IfsKindChildrenHurtForgetBreakCuttingProtectStonesLogicSticksDeeperBonesDisappearWoundsPsychologicalBullyingSpellsBullyBruisesProtect YouGrownupsSticks And StonesCuts And Bruises Book:The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story Source: The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story
“What needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones,- The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-y-pointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?” NeedsShouldAgeNamesStarsMemoriesSonFameStonesWeakDearBonesWitnessLabourHonourPointingPyramidsHeirsRelics Author:John Milton
“People say sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you, but that's not true. Words can hurt. They hurt me. Things were said to me that I still haven't forgotten.” PeopleMaySaidStillsHateNamesHurtBreakHavensStonesI HateSticksForgottenBonesBullyHate YouI Hate YouHurt MeSticks And StonesTrue WordsWords Can Hurt Author:Demi Lovato