Bend Sinister Wavy

Famous quotes containing the words bend, sinister and/or wavy:

    “Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors. They are the oldest civilized people on earth. Their civilization passes through phases but its basic characteristics remain the same. They yield, they bend to the wind, but they never break.”
    —Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973)

    “Calm fell. From Heaven distilled a clemency;
    There was peace on earth, and silence in the sky;
    Some could, some could not, shake off misery:
    The Sinister Spirit sneered: ‘It had to be!’
    And again the Spirit of Pity whispered, ‘Why?’”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    “At fifteen I visualized myself as a world-famous author of seventy with a mane of wavy white hair. Today I am practically bald.”
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)