Held Quotes

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I looked at other couples and wondered how they could be so calm about it. They held hands as if they weren't even holding hands.… — Miranda July
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
The streetlight outside my house shines on tonight and I'm watching it like it could give me a vision. James ain't talked ever and he… — Sherman Alexie
Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What did my fingers do before they held him? What did my heart do, with its love? — Sylvia Plath
There aren't any syringes." Red Sox came over and held a sterile pack out. When she tried to take it from him, he kept a… — J R Ward
Give me the gun." Ranger said. I extracted the gun from my pants and handed it over. Ranger held the gun in the pulm of… — Janet Evanovich
The front door flew open, and Mary shot out of the house, jumping off the porch, not even bothering with the steps to the ground.… — J R Ward
Yet I saw crypts when I looked at him, and I heard the beat of kettledrums. I saw torchlit fields where I had never been,… — Anne Rice
He became quicker of movement than the other dogs, swifter of foot, craftier, deadlier, more lithe, more lean with ironlike muscle and sinew, more enduring,… — Jack London
It is in the home that we form our attitudes, our deeply held beliefs. It is in the home that hope is fostered or destroyed.… — Thomas S. Monson
I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very happy when people… — Richard Scarry
He looked back at her, and when she saw the look on his face, she saw his eyes at Renwickâ€™s, when he had watched the… — Cassandra Clare
A book floated down the Amper River. A boy jumped in, caught up to it, and held it in his right hand. He grinned. He… — Markus Zusak
He [Ranger] stopped in front of my parents' house, and we both looked to the door. My mother and my grandmother were standing there, watching… — Janet Evanovich
But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was… — Arundhati Roy
Whether I like it or not, most of my images of what various historical periods feel, smell, or sound like were acquired well before I… — Lauren Willig
I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him… — Jodi Picoult
My parents gave me the gift of irreligion, of growing up without bothering to ask people what gods they held dear, assuming that in fact,… — Salman Rushdie
Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by… — Jacqueline Carey

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