“Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.”
Source: Lullaby (2002), Chapter 14
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“as my mother told me sticks and stones may break my bones but words don’t hurt me.”
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“Sticks and stones may break your bones, but watch out for those damn words.”
Variant: Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.
Source: Lullaby (2002), Chapter 14
“Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.”
Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
Context: Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.
“Sticks and stones can break your bones, but names can kill you.”
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)