Well that's the interesting thing: it was a good thing. Even way
   back when, I learned quickly that I didn't have to get into a
   fight everybody someone sad a lie about me - whether or not they
   thought it was true. I learned that "sticks and stones may break
   my bones but names will never hurt me". That was the first time
   (of many) that I understood what that expression meant. And it
   was EMPOWERIN...G - that's the thing that was neat. It was a
   point of transition in my young life. "