Power to hurt you Quotes

“Words are just words who they come from gives them relevance and this relevance gives them the power to hurt you. Make those who hurt you irrelevant.”

“That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you.”

“Maybe that's what love is. Giving others the power to hurt you and trusting they'll use it to heal you instead.”

“Words don’t have the power to hurt you, unless that person meant more to you than you are willing to confess.”

“Superior, do you understand me? These are white people. They are not like you, or me or us. They have the power to hurt you ... and sometimes it's fun to them when they do. Their power is not because they are smart ... it's because ... something happened sometime ... started somewhere and they got on top of the world. They got the power. The only power you got is to learn to live with them, learn to read their minds ... til you can do better. They don't treat each other right ... so don't you look to be treated right. You hear me? Sometimes there's good white people ... but don't you act like that til you know that.”