Bound

Famous quotes containing the word bound:

“Aunt,
you know that Tree of Love,
its roots bound in long affection
and tended with respect?
No one heard it falling.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

“In the case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of ... powers not granted by the compact, the States ... are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)

“Behind the concept of woman’s strangeness is the idea that a woman may do anything: she is below society, not bound by its law, unpredictable; an attribute given to every member of the league of the unfortunate.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)