Bent Quotes

474 quotes by 406 authors

- he's finished with that; it's like an old clock that won't tell time but won't stop neither, with the hands bent out of shape… — Ken Kesey
It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of… — Anne Lamott
The young student sits with his head bent over his books, and his mind straying in youth's dreamland; where prose is prowling on the desk… — Rabindranath Tagore
The following doodle: a girl with pigtails is bent under the weight of a gigantic boulder. Her cheeks puff out, and her rounded lips expel… — Jeffrey Eugenides
I am convinced by the events of the last few weeks that nefarious forces of people--unidentified but no less real--are threatening life as we know… — Christopher Moore
A man must choose his own way of life, andâ€¦it is only by following out oneâ€™s own bent that there can be the really harmonious… — Winston Churchill
I asked her to look at me and after a few moments - (pause) - after a few moments she did, but the eyes just… — Samuel Beckett
The good news is that by the second year, those cravings were about as half as frequent, and by the third year, half as much… — Anthony Kiedis
Redd stared at the bald head bent down before her. How refreshing Vollrath's sacrifice was. He didn't beg for his life. He didn't embarrasss himself… — Frank Beddor
Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. â€˜What, grandfather!â€™ I exclaimed.… — Nikos Kazantzakis
Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being… — John Ortberg
I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape. — Charles Dickens
Igor?' said Moist. 'You have an Igor?' Oh, yes,' said Hubert. 'That's how I get this wonderful light. They know the secret of storing lightning… — Terry Pratchett
Disease. Filth. Waste. Crime. Brutality. Whatâ€™s there to like? (Solin) Thereâ€™s brutality on Olympus. (Arik) True. But I hate humanity as much as I hate… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Iâ€™m a goddess of destruction. Tell me honestly that you find nothing exciting about the idea of a billion people screaming out for mercy when… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
And the distinction between violent and non-violent action is that the former is exclusively bent upon the destruction of the old, and the latter is… — Hannah Arendt
It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent… — N.K. Jemisin
If thou speakest not I will fill my heart with thy silence and endure it. I will keep still and wait like the night with… — Rabindranath Tagore
Poetry began in the matriarchal age, and derives its magic from the moon, not from the sun. No poet can hope to understand the nature… — Robert Graves
Truth was a tool. It should never simply be said. No, it had to be bent, twisted, colored, until it became a weapon. — Nalini Singh

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