Words can’t hurt?

Driving my daughter to tennis practice today we got to talking about words.

She said that she was always confused by two sayings she heard:

“Stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”  And another one, “The pen is mightier  than the sword.”

I stared at her, speechless, as she grabbed up her backpack and exited the car.  

“Love you, Dad” she said.  Which made me feel good.