Held Quotes
2520 quotes by 1835 authors
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It was hard to know what was worse: him being with her and all her sisters, or him being with none of them because his…
— J R Ward
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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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They held hands and knew that only the coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers in the palm…
— Toni Morrison
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She had learned, in her life, that time lived inside you. You are time, you breathe time. When she'd been young, she'd had an insatiable…
— David Wroblewski
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Hellooo.†I held out my arm. “An amethyst woman with blue hair is telling you this.†She reached out and scraped her short nails over…
— Cheyenne McCray
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He was waving. "Saukerl," she laughed, and as she held up her hand, she knew completely that he was simultaneously calling her a Saumensch. I…
— Markus Zusak
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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness…
— Bertrand Russell
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every time I've held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
— Billy Joel
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When you have a strongly held belief, don't you think it's important to express that belief accurately?
— Michael Crichton
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I held the feeling in my heart; the urge to discuss it died out. There was all the time in the world. In the endless…
— Banana Yoshimoto
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Ross held her face between his hands and kissed her. He tasted doubt on her tongue and pain on the roof of her mouth. He…
— Jodi Picoult
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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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For a moment she turned in a circle, staring at her hands, which she held high and useless, close to her breast. She bobbed and…
— Peter S. Beagle
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If babies held the same tendency toward self-criticism as adults, they might never learn to walk or talk. Can you imagine infants stomping, 'Aarggh! Screwed…
— Dan Millman
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I have been stabbed, shot, burned, bitten, beaten unconscious too many times to count, and even staked. None of those held a candle to the…
— Jeaniene Frost
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Murtagh was right about women. Sassenach, I risked my life for ye, committing theft, arson, assault, and murder into the bargain. In return for which…
— Diana Gabaldon
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The one distinct feature of our Association has been the right of the individual opinion for every member. We have been beset at every step…
— Susan B. Anthony
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Just when normal life felt almost possible - when the world held some kind of order, meaning, even loveliness (the prismatic spray of light through…
— David Wroblewski
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She stood, squared her shoulders. “We’ll do it. Together.†And then she did something that shocked them both. She rose on her tiptoes and pressed…
— Gena Showalter
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You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take. The night before, I'd offered up my hand. Now, if I held on,…
— Sarah Dessen
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