Holding Quotes

2165 Holding quotes by 1431 unique authors

Well, at least I’m not a stubborn, button-pushing, Prius-driving, chip-on-your-shoulder-holding, ‘stay-at-home-mom’-is-the-eighth-dirty-word-thinking feminazi! — Julie James
A work in progress quickly becomes feral. It reverts to a wild state overnight. It is barely domesticated, a mustang on which you one day… — Annie Dillard
It's hard to maintain a reputation for being grim and mysterious when you're accompanied by a brightly clad young thing, skipping merrily along at your… — Simon R. Green
We are walking down the street holding hands. There is a playground at the end of the block, and I run to the swings and… — Audrey Niffenegger
I don't know the first thing about holding together a family, especially one that resembles an heirloom vase, shattered but glued back together for its… — Jodi Picoult
Why me?" she asked, holding on to him. "Because you cared," he whispered. "You cared so much for your people, it broke your heart to… — Annette Curtis Klause
I'm not dating Balthazar. I'm pretend dating him. Which involves some not pretend hand-holding. And maybe some not pretend kissing. But it's all actually pretend,… — Claudia Gray
I had always found comfort in the leaves, in their silence. They were like a parchment that holds words of wisdom. Simply holding them in… — Silas House
I never trust people with no appetite. It's like they're always holding something back on you. — Haruki Murakami
They were like people who run to meet, holding out their arms, but their aim is wrong; they pass each other and keep running. — Anne Tyler
She was my dream. She made me who I am, and holding her in my arms was more natural to me than my own heartbeat.… — Nicholas Sparks
You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It will not." If you're holding out for more, you won't get… — Agatha Christie
Brooding, she changed the pool into the sea, and made the minnows into sharks and whales, and cast vast clouds over this tiny world by… — Virginia Woolf
To instruct calls for energy, and to remain almost silent, but watchful and helpful, while students instruct themselves, calls for even greater energy. To see… — Robertson Davies
Do you have someone watching her house?” (Stephanie) “That kind of surveillance only happens in the movies. We’re so underbudgeted we’re one step away from… — Janet Evanovich
May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Because he sounded so lost-the Eric I knew had never been one to do anything other than assume others should serve him-I patted around under… — Charlaine Harris
..and me holding this moment that was as fragile as a bird in my hands — Maggie Stiefvater
As we approached each other, the noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly alone, passing, smiling, holding each other's eyes,… — Jerry Spinelli
Karma is the beginning of knowledge. Next is patience. Patience is very important. The strong are the patient ones, Anjin-san. patience means holding back your… — James Clavell
This was something you had to work through on you own," Jason said. "Besides, I knew you'd do the right thing." "Oh, right," I said.… — Meg Cabot
The small seed of despair cracks open and sends experimental tendrils upward to the fragile skin of calm holding him together. — Judith Guest
Really, Rachel looked like a sun, bright and exuding energy, holding us two moons in a parallel orbit by the sheer force of her will. — Maggie Stiefvater
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared. — Lois Lowry
I feel, holding books, accommodating their weight and breathing their dust, an abiding love. I trust them, in a way that I can't trust my… — Lori Lansens

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