Held Quotes

2520 quotes by 1835 authors

He carried Paul inside and up the stairs. He gave him a drink of water and the orange chewable aspirin he like and sat with… — Kim Edwards
And I want to be held down. I don't know what to do with the horrifying freedom that can destroy me. — Clarice Lispector
I didn't have a chance to buy you anything," she said, then held both closed hands toward him. Uncurled her fingers. In each cupped palm… — Annie Proulx
And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the… — Edgar Allan Poe
To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind," she said,"it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty. — Wendelin Van Draanen
You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give… — Gregory Maguire
...and the night was comfortably warm as the soft filtered light continued to push the darkness into the shadows as they held each other and… — Hubert Selby, Jr.
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it. — Bertolt Brecht
In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I… — Stephen Crane
What did my arms do before they held you? — Sylvia Plath
We should be telling girls what they already know but rarely see affirmed: that the lives they lead inside their own self-contained bodies; the skills… — Naomi Wolf
It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I held her wrists and then I got it through the eyes: hatred, centuries deep and true. I was wrong and graceless and sick. all… — Charles Bukowski
I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings,… — Dorothy Parker
The landscape was snow and green ice on broken mountains. These weren't old mountains, worn down by time and weather and full of gentle ski… — Terry Pratchett
And in vain does the dreamer rummage about in his old dreams, raking them over as though they were a heap of cinders, looking into… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Muhammad brought the promise that anyone could find fulfillment and everlasting life through allegiance to the one true God. The Buddah held out hope that… — John Green
The supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious title of religion… — Baruch Spinoza
Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have… — Anne Frank
Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states "accountable" for their education performance...In the free society envisioned by the… — Ron Paul

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