Swear on This Life: A Novel

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Swear on This Life: A Novel

Swear on This Life: A Novel

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A lyric about wannabes– Drake hates that new rappers are using his style. This is a line we can all relate to when there are people copying your ways. But hey, it means you’re winning, right? This book isn't just a romance, it's about a complex main character struggling to deal with the pain of her past and the woman s A lyric about hairstyles: Drake’s wordplay here throws shade in a funny way, letting us know that when he doesn’t pay her rent, she ends up with a raggedy past do’.

A lyric about money – Drake may have all the money in the world, but he won’t let this new lifestyle change who he really is. If you’re the humble (and rich) type, this line about fortune is all yours. A lyric about being great – Drake once again claims he’s the GOAT – the Greatest of All Time. From having one of the most streamed songs on Spotify to being Billboard’s Artist of the Decade (2021), he’s already succeeded enough and doesn’t need extra “love” to approve it.

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My friend, still seemingly perplexed, asked me "So if it's not about genitals, what is it about trans women's bodies that you find so attractive?" After years of torment from Mikey and Alex, I hit my breaking point when quiet, reserved Jax decided to join in on their juvenile idiocy. In trans women's eyes, I see a wisdom that can only come from having to fight for your right to be recognised as female, a raw strength that only comes from unabashedly asserting your right to be feminine in an inhospitable world. A lyric about confidence – Follow Drake’s mantra on confidence and you’re bound to be less fearful of the ‘what ifs’. It’s this attitude that helped him make headlines after all.

A lyric about lovingsomeone deeply: This line is one of the sweetest quotes from Search & Rescue and might just be the next-best romantic saying! Use this lyric on a valentine’s card or throw it out there just to make someone smile. A lyric about rising up – Drake’s opened up about being bullied at school, and now he’s got a cutthroat lyric for them. He’s no longer that little boy, but a grown man who’s running the game.Just before this book released, bloggers and readers alike were going crazy for Swear On This Life and I can recall feeling insanely jealous. They pitched the book as un-put-down-able, as heartbreaking and soul searching, and basically just something out of this world. So when Swear On This Life was named as the first book we’d be discussing at Kell’s Bookmark Clique Reader Retreat (and we received an early copy courtesy of the awesome people at Simon & Schuster) I was a little bit ecstatic. Having read the book now, I can say those initial reviewers were right. Swear On This Life is a brilliant narrative about first loves, what-ifs and second chances. It’s absolutely brilliant and a must read for lovers of contemporary romance and general fiction. You seriously need to read this book. So, our research shows that swearing can help people better tolerate pain, that too much swearing in everyday situations can reduce its effectiveness, and that swearing probably works by making people feel more aggressive, in turn setting off the fight or flight response. Swearing as a response to pain appears not to be an expression of pain catastrophising, because if it were, there should have been a heightened sensation of pain with swearing. The idea of swearing in response to pain as disinhibitory behaviour also seems unlikely as this predicts no alteration in pain perception, contrary to our findings. Our research instead indicates that swearing as a response to pain represents a form of pain management. While this had never been empirically demonstrated before, it seems nevertheless to have been well known anecdotally by nurses, midwives and mothers-to-be. We live in a generation of not being in love / And not being together / But we sure make it feel like we’re together / Because we’re scared to see each other with somebody else” You look like you’ve been crying for an hour straight . . . and you’re hitting the hard stuff at—and I repeat—ten a.m.”

I received an early copy of this book mysteriously in the mail. I read it in one sitting. Okay, two. I have a small bladder. A lyric about winning: A paradoxical verse where Drake once again boasts and brags about himself. Drake says he’s not the “best” at what he does, but he’ll come out the winner regardless of the competition.Next, we replicated the findings for cold-water immersion time and heart rate, but additionally showed that the reduction in pain from swearing was moderated by daily swearing frequency (Stephens & Umland, 2011). Let me explain this point further. In this second study we asked people to estimate how often they swear in everyday life. The responses we got ranged from zero to 60 swear words per day. Interestingly, the higher the daily swearing frequency the less was the benefit for pain tolerance when swearing, compared with not swearing. This suggests that people become habituated to swearing so that it has a lesser impact the more you do it. On the strength of these findings, sensible advice is not to swear overmuch in everyday situations, so that the impact of swearing can be at its fullest when needed most!

A lyric about growth – With change and growth comes a new personality, but for Drake, he’s still the same humble guy he was before all the money and fame. When people come at you with the “you’ve changed”, this one-liner will be convenient. Stephens, R. & Allsop, C. (2012). Does state aggression increase pain tolerance? Psychological Reports, 111, 311–321. A lyric about wisdom (teeth?)– You gotta love it when Drake drops funny lyrics like this. When you know you’ve been speaking the truth and wisdom (pain) is seeping out of your mouth, use this line! A lyric about finding yourself –Consider yourself a “lost boy”? Who needs Peter Pan to fly when you can do it all by yourself? Lyrical wordplay at its finest.I can’t explain to you how reading Em and Jase’s past affected me. It broke my heart and moved me to tears so many times. Their story was heartbreakingly beautiful and reminded me that when you have someone who truly loves you the way they loved each other, you really do have it all. A lyric about love – Drake is a softie at heart. If you want to swoon the lady (or dude) in your life, this lyric will melt their hearts in an instant. A lyric about dancing – We really don’t think Drake can actually dance like the King of Pop, but we guess this is a funny (and cheesy) way to a girl’s (or boy’s) heart. Clearly, Drake puts thought, craftsmanship and effort into his lyrics – (you hear that, Meek Mill?!) and we don’t think they’ll ever go out of style. Whether you’re a fan or not, you’re bound to be inspired or resonate to one of these catchy lines. Stephens, R. & Umland, C. (2011). Swearing as a response to pain – Effect of daily swearing frequency. Journal of Pain, 12, 1274–1281.



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