Quote by Robert Frost

“Be not too rigid, For you will shatter; Be not too yielding, For you will be bowed.”

— Ian C. Esslemont

“Some blows fall too heavy upon those too fragile.”

— George Saunders

“Archers stood together, no matter what. Not even frilly-smelling laundry could tear them apart.”

— Karen Witemeyer

“…and they limp and halt, they’re all wrinkled, drawn, they squint to the side, can’t look you in the eyes, and always bent on…

— Homer

“They want you to see them as fragile. By so doing, they don’t have to put themselves back together. Don’t”

— Brooke Castillo

“... You have to pull the feet to break the neck. They let the loved ones do it.”

— Pierce Brown

“When necessary bend like a willow, when necessary stand unbending like an oak.”

— K. Natwar Singh

“So gently did they fall, like feathers gliding on a breeze. They disappeared, like foxes slipping into their holes. There, and then not there.”

— Julie Berry

“The palm trees on the median swayed and bent, threatening to snap. But they wouldn't. They were strong enough to take it. And so…

— Michelle Hodkin

“When people weren't allowed to go their own way, they were more likely to break than bend.”

— Nora Roberts

“Let them come with their night-vision glasses and their heavy, branch-breaking bodies. Right into the range of my arrows.”

— Anonymous

“What bends does not break.”

— Jewel