Literally, it is a true statement because words can't leave marks on your skin-unless the spoken or written words make you cry and you have tear marks under your eyes. Figuratively, it is completely false-the part about words not being able to hurt you, anyway. Words have the power to make you feel a wide range of emotions, including sadness, happiness, anger, and confusion. There are many books that have made me laugh out loud, and/or cry at different moments because I get attached to each of the characters in different ways. If they get in precarious situations, I worry about them; if they die, I feel the weight of their loss; if they say something funny, I laugh. All in all, words have power.
A reader after my own heart. I take on all that the characters of the stories I read are facing.
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