“Bending beats breaking.”
“No. No he didn't break you, my dear." Inhuman eyes probed hers delicately. "The most he managed was a bend here and there. Apparently he has forgotten that the beat of the hammer in the flame's heart only strengthens a good blade.”
“It is funnier to bend things than to break them.”
“There’s something brittle in me that will break before it bends.”
“...the kind of people who can't bend without breaking”
“One dies if necessary, one breaks rather than bending. But I bend, because I continue to love myself.”