Bicycling Quote by Robert Penn

“Stephen was shaped like a tire iron, all his bones a little too long:”

— Caroline B. Cooney

“My grandmother used to tell us a story of a mountain of loadstone. When any vessels came near it, they were instantly deprived of…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Her spine wasn't really made of steel, after all. That was a silly saying, made up by someone who had never felt what it…

— Meredith Duran

“A Dilemma with a flat tire was a reminder that no matter how splendid and shiny the world might be, it could be spoiled…

— Lemony Snicket

“A brown, rocklike fist rose out of the mass and descended with considerable force, meeting decisively with some bony protuberance, by the sound of…

— Diana Gabaldon

“We smelted our ideals under great heat and pressure until the soft parts burned away, and what emerged was a tempered frame rigid enough…

— Isaac Marion

I have myself no more doubt that these metals were prepared by the Almighty for this very purpose, than I have that iron and…

— Hugh McCulloch

The wise say that it is not an iron, wooden or fiber fetter which is a strong one, but the besotted hankering after trinkets,…

— Gautama Buddha

“These things were made of hubris, because they always broke down, or worse, broke everything. But maybe Laurence had been right and these devices…

— Charlie Jane Anders

“Bones, like anything else, strong until they weren’t.”

— Brit Bennett