No, that statement is not true. Words CAN hurt us. There were articles of boys and girls who are emotionally hurt by words that their friends say, for example, on the internet. When one is being bullied, they would feel depress and they feel hurt inside them. Even though these bullies only wanted to joke around for fun, they were not aware that the people whom they have bullied, the victims, can commit suicide , hurt themselves and more.
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