Great Bend

Famous quotes containing the word bend:

“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)

“I bend my body to the spade
Or grope with a dirty hand.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)