He Held Quotes
129 He Held quotes by 98 unique authors
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A sentence should be read as if its author, had he held a plough instead of a pen, could have drawn a furrow deep and…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Chapter One. The Bride." He held up the book then. "I'm reading it to you for relax." He practically shoved the book in my face.…
— William Goldman
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There was her face, like a summer peach, beautiful and warm, and the light of the candles reflected in her dark eyes. [He] held his…
— Ray Bradbury
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At heart, he could not abide sense in women: he liked to see them as silly, as light-headed, as vain, as open to ridicule as…
— Charlotte Bronte
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and for a moment he held out his hands as if to steady himself or as if to bless the ground there or perhaps as…
— Cormac McCarthy
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He looked back at her, and when she saw the look on his face, she saw his eyes at Renwick’s, when he had watched the…
— Cassandra Clare
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But in the night he woke and held her tight as though she were all of life and it was being taken from him. He…
— Ernest Hemingway
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She rubbed her eyes, and after a long study of his face, she spoke "Is it really you?" Is it from your cheek, she thought,…
— Markus Zusak
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All that he had of her was his memory, where he held every moment, every single moment that she had been his. That was all…
— Juliet Marillier
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Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her,…
— Markus Zusak
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Well", Fang said, mimicking a thick Southern drawl. "I must say its mighty nice of them Daimons to clean up after themselves when you kill…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Many a night I woke to the murmer of paper and knew (Dad) was up, sitting in the kitchen with frayed King James - oh,…
— Leif Enger
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You have grudged the very fire in your house because the wood cost overmuch!" he cried. "You have grudged life. To live cost overmuch, and…
— Jack London
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Isi, I’m trying to say that you’ve been… no, you’re so, you’re–” He stopped. "You are,” he said. His hand found hers, and he held…
— Shannon Hale
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No one would have known, from how he held my hand, [that] over the years of heartache he had hatched a plot to change my…
— Andrew Sean Greer
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Books lie, he said. God dont lie. No, said the judge. He does not. And these are his words. He held up a chunk of…
— Cormac McCarthy
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Gauguin flew into a frenzy! He held my head under the X-ray machine for ten straight minutes and for several hours after I could not…
— Woody Allen
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And in a small house five miles away was a man who held my mud-encrusted charm bracelet out to his wife. Look what I found…
— Alice Sebold
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So everything we believe about happiness is wrong," I said. He nodded. Everything?" I asked, when what I meant was, Everything? Including you? Including me?…
— Megan McCafferty
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It was Buckley, as my father and sister joined the group and listened to Grandma Lynn’s countless toasts, who saw me. He saw me standing…
— Alice Sebold
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She wished she hadn't succumbed to irritation. Because she wanted to know about his inner feelings. She always thought people were like pieces of art…
— Christina Dodd
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Miles was still mourning the loss of his Romantic Plan. 'There was going to be champagne, and oysters, and you' -- he held out both…
— Lauren Willig
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It's not that he lacked poetry. But his poetry was of the body, not the mind. He spoke it in the way he moved, the…
— Meg Rosoff
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Another thing I don't want on my tombstone," Shane said. You have others?" Claire asked. He held up one finger. "I thought it wasn't loaded,"…
— Rachel Caine
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He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put…
— Arundhati Roy
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