Sticks and stones may break bones, but words can shatter so… - L.R. Knost

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Sticks and stones may break bones, but words can shatter souls. Choose carefully the words you say to others. Choose wisely the words you say to yourself. Words have a way of becoming truths we believe about ourselves. And what we believe, we become.

L.R. Knost

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