Holding Quotes

2165 Holding quotes by 1431 unique authors

what we call a home is merely any place that succeeds in making more consistenly available to us the important truths which the wider world… — Alain de Botton
When a patient says he feels stuck and confused, and through good intentions he struggles to become loose and clear, he only remains chronically trapped… — Sheldon B. Kopp
Even at the age of eight she would fall asleep by pressing one hand into the other and making believe she was holding the hand… — Milan Kundera
Life was about spending time together , about having the time to walk together holding hands, talking quietly as the sun go down. It wasn't… — Nicholas Sparks
She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together. — J D Salinger
Holding this soft, small living creature in my lap this way, though, and seeing how it slept with complete trust in me, I felt a… — Haruki Murakami
For she was a child, throwing bread to the ducks, between her parents who stood by the lake, holding her life in her arms which,… — Virginia Woolf
As he heard me approach, he quickly leaped up, grabbing a nearby loaf of bread and holding it in front of him as if struck… — Sarah Dessen
And her life will perhaps be the richer, for holding now within it the memory of what came, but could not stay. — George MacDonald
I do know I felt as if my heart had been shredded when I found you in our storeroom, unconscious and bleeding. And leaving you… — Maria V. Snyder
Have you ever happened, reader, to feel that subtle sorrow of parting with an unloved abode? The heart does not break, as it does in… — Vladimir Nabokov
At some point I believe one has to stop holding back for fear of alienating some imaginary reader or real relative or friend, and come… — May Sarton
Bedding her could be anything from tenderness to riot, but to take her when she was a bit the worse for drink was always a… — Diana Gabaldon
Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were… — Norton Juster
My eyes are bright, my hair has come loose from its ribbon, and Stella's scarf is waving around my neck. But that's not what I… — Wendy Mass
For that reason, let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his state, the means will always be considered honest, and he will… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I staggered backward-her one hand gripping my shoulder, the other still holding my wrists behind her-and she followed until my back hit the wall. — Kim Harrison
Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us.… — Mitch Albom
And I could see this boy doing his homework and thinking about my sister naked. And I could see them holding hands at football games… — Stephen Chbosky
Now, I don't believe in doing hugs halfway. I can't stand people who try to hug without touching. A hug should be a full embrace… — David Levithan
The instructor stared at me with cold, cut-me-no-slack determination, then got into a fighting stance, holding one hand out, beckoning me. "I saw that movie… — James Patterson
Then you would hold me up, wouldn't you." He traced over her features with his fingertips. And as he did, for some strange reason, he… — J R Ward
How Do you spell relax?" I whispered, holding his head with my hands. I think the answer is f-u-c-k-m-e." He answered. — Yasmine Galenorn
Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted,… — C.S. Lewis
Why are you doing this? (Rafael) Because life’s too short to spend it fighting when you could be holding the one you love. And love’s… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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