“Sticks and stones may break your bones, but watch out for those damn words.”

— Chuck Palahniuk , book Lullaby

Variant: Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.
Source: Lullaby (2002), Chapter 14

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American novelist, essayist 1962

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