A new music discovery
#NowPlaying Hundred Waters – Hundred Waters LP on @Spotify
http://open.spotify.com/user/natalief/playlist/1NPrSaUhWscBcY090JwQSK
http://open.spotify.com/user/natalief/playlist/1NPrSaUhWscBcY090JwQSK
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"Sticks and stones will break my bones
But words will never harm me."
Possibly 1862, maybe earlier.
One of the great lies of the English nursery. Words are what make it possible for people to harm others: they set up legitimate targets, dehumanise the target, and ultimately excuse the attacker.
My version from experience:
Sticks and stones may break my bones
but they will heal and mend in time.
Words will wound and hurt my psyche
and ever do damage as my memory lasts.
-n