"Hurt People Hurt People"

       At one of the too many violent events around our country in the past year (it was a killing that took place in Chicago, I believe, but could have been most everywhere), these words were uttered by someone, and they have stuck with me:  hurt people hurt people.

       It has the ring of truth, not as a solution, but as a pointer toward the cause.  Moving from adjective to verb with "hurt" in a pared down sentence is a masterful compression of both insight and language.