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title: "7 Hold Quotes By David Levithan"
description: "7 Hold quotes by David Levithan. Plus more from David Levithan and more Hold sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/david-levithan-67_gets_when-you-need-to-hold-onto-something-you_561357.jpg"
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> [When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/when-you-need-to-hold-onto-something-you-should-whatever-gets-you/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/david-levithan-67_gets_when-you-need-to-hold-onto-something-you_561357.jpg)

> [To get something you must give something away. To hold something you must give something away. To love something you must give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/to-get-something-you-must-give-something-away-to-hold-something-you/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/david-levithan-67_funny_to-get-something-you-must-give-something_688963.jpg)

> [“If she lets go, it's all over. If I let go, it's all over. And because she is holding on so tight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/if-she-lets-go-it-s-all-over-if-i-let-go-it-s-all-over-and-because/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/david-levithan-67_hold_if-she-lets-go-it-s-all-over-if-i-let-go_806488.jpg)

> [“We know what it's like to need to hold on. We hold on to you. Which is to say, we hold on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/we-know-what-it-s-like-to-need-to-hold-on-we-hold-on-to-you-which-is/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/david-levithan-67_life_we-know-what-it-s-like-to-need-to-hold-o_1641117.jpg)

> [The ocean makes its music; the wind does its dance. We hold on. At first we hold on to one another, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-ocean-makes-its-music-the-wind-does-its-dance-we-hold-on-at-first/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3aa/david-levithan-67_bigger_the-ocean-makes-its-music-the-wind-does_1972027.jpg)

> [Let me hold on to this the way it was, before I knew anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/let-me-hold-on-to-this-the-way-it-was-before-i-knew-anything-else/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/david-levithan-67_let-me_let-me-hold-on-to-this-the-way-it-was-be_2098673.jpg)

> [“shouldn't letting go be painless if you've never lesrned how to hold on?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/shouldn-t-letting-go-be-painless-if-you-ve-never-lesrned-how-to-hold/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/david-levithan-67_hold_shouldn-t-letting-go-be-painless-if-you_2815233.jpg)

## Other authors on Hold

## More by David Levithan

> [“When you jump, all you're going to do is fall. But leaping? Leaping is when you think there's something on the other side.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/when-you-jump-all-you-re-going-to-do-is-fall-but-leaping-leaping-is/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“The past and the future are what's complicated. It's the present that's simple. And the simplicity is the sensation of it being just her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-past-and-the-future-are-what-s-complicated-it-s-the-present-that/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“I hate the way you talk to me And the way you cut your hair I hate the way you drive my car I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-hate-the-way-you-talk-to-me-and-the-way-you-cut-your-hair-i-hate/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [You could be the leaf that never falls from the tree you could be the sun that never leaves the sky this might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/you-could-be-the-leaf-that-never-falls-from-the-tree-you-could-be-the/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“Patrick: Is she worth the trouble? Cameron: I thought she was- Patrick: Either she is, or she isn't. So give it a shot, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/patrick-is-she-worth-the-trouble-cameron-i-thought-she-was-patrick/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“We saw our friends die. But we also see our friends live. So many of them live, and we often toast their long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/we-saw-our-friends-die-but-we-also-see-our-friends-live-so-many-of/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [maybe tonight you're scared of falling, and maybe there's somebody here or somewhere else you're thinking about, worrying over, fretting over, trying to figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/maybe-tonight-you-re-scared-of-falling-and-maybe-there-s-somebody/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“You never told me what you saw in him, not convincingly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/you-never-told-me-what-you-saw-in-him-not-convincingly/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“i nod to the other will grayson, up onstage. he nods to me. we have something between us, him and me. but the truth?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-nod-to-the-other-will-grayson-up-onstage-he-nods-to-me-we-have/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [The terrorists-those nineteen people, with hundreds or maybe thousands behind them-did the worst thing you can possibly imagine. But tens of millions people did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-terrorists-those-nineteen-people-with-hundreds-or-maybe-thousands/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [But I still has enough longing for that concept that I didn't want to dispel it completely. Meaning: I didn't want to tell Lily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/but-i-still-has-enough-longing-for-that-concept-that-i-didn-t-want-to/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“When you break someone's heart, you also break yours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/when-you-break-someone-s-heart-you-also-break-yours/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“Because toward the end all the words started leaving. Except for the ones that had to lock up at the end of the night.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/because-toward-the-end-all-the-words-started-leaving-except-for-the/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“ misgivings , n . Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us. "There are things I miss,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/misgivings-n-last-night-i-got-up-the-courage-to-ask-you-if-you/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“Saving others is always more important than saving yourself. It has to be, or none of us would do any good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/saving-others-is-always-more-important-than-saving-yourself-it-has-to/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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