"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."

My entire life, i have never understood this quote. It doesn't make any sense to me, and in my opinion is the furthest from the truth it could possibly be.

A cut, a scrape, a bruise; they all heal in time, but when words are aimed at someone in a negative way, they remain an emotional wound for a long time, if not the entire person's life. Our right to say whatever we want is great right? But words are also one of the most destructive things emotionally. What goes on in a human's life, it's almost like nobody stops to even think about other people sometimes. A man can beat his wife, but all of that stuff will heal. But if he calls her a bitch or a whore; that will stick with her forever. The people that were made fun of in high school; why? The words that people said to them, will be carried by those people forever. These are the people that go insane, the ones that go into schools with guns and kill people, or commit suicide. So don't tell me that "words will never hurt me." That sentence is a complete lie.

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will haunt me forever."