She appreciated the fact that the wolf did not caper, bow down, yelp, or slaver on her, in the slavish and inconsiderate way of dogs. The wolf was no whore for man's approval. He fed himself. - Patrick Califia Rice Passion and strife bow down the mind. - Virgil Had you accepted that third counsel of the mighty spirit, you would have furnished all that man seeks on earth, that is: someone to bow down to, someone to take over his conscience, and a means for uniting everyone at last into a common, concordant, and incontestable anthill - for the need for universal union is the third and last torment of men. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky in many strong people there seems to be a sort of natural need--to find someone or something to bow down to - Fyodor Dostoyevsky I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces. - Lawrence Ferlinghetti Since when has the world o...

No one said anything. The midday heat beat down on them, baking their bodies within the oven of clothes long since gone stiff with sweat and dirt, their minds as tired as their expectations. Hawk couldn't remember his last real bath. None of them had done more than wash off a little dirt and cool down their faces at the end of each day's trek since they had set out. Before that, things hadn't been much better. Food was growing scarce, too. Time was as thin as hope. - Terry Brooks I ordered a coffee and a little something to eat and savored the warmth and dryness. Somewhere in the background Nat King Cole sang a perky tune. I watched the rain beat down on the road outside and told myself that one day this would be twenty years ago. - Bill Bryson Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. - Kyle Chandler Bees buzzed in the bean blossoms. And the sun beat down on the upturned shell of Om. There is also a hell for tortoises. He was too tired...

Did you-" Griffin shoves past him and grabs me by the shoulders. "Are you alright?" "Of course. Didn't they tell you?" From the dark look in his normally bright eyes, I'm going to guess no. He twists to look back over his shoulder and practically growls. "They didn't tell me anything. Except that I had to wait out here." "Um, I need to go," Troy says, backing down the steps. "I have class in the morning." "Coward," I taunt. - Tera Lynn Childs You're right, Halt,' she said, and he nodded acklowledgement of her backing down. 'Nice to hear someone else saying that for a change,' Will said cheerfully. 'Seems like I've said those words an awful lot in my time.' Halt turned a bleak gaze on him. 'And you've always been right. - John Flanagan I am quite possibly the world's bravest coward. I have never backed down from backing down from a fight. - Jarod Kintz

What goes up must come down. Which is why we invented Viagra, to make it stay up a little longer. - Carroll Bryant What goes up, must come down... Mustn't it? - Siobhan Dowd What goes up must come down. - Isaac Newton