Holding Quotes

2165 Holding quotes by 1431 unique authors

You were supposed to have hope, right? You were supposed to respect its power and hold on. And so I did. I held, and held,… — Deb Caletti
Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it. — Bryce Courtenay
People simplify 'Apollonian' into 'mild', and 'calm', and 'cool'. But 'Apollonian' and 'Dionysian' are two sides of one coin--a nun kneeling in her cell, holding… — Robert A. Heinlein
She looked at her hand: Just some hand, holding a cheap pen. Some girls’ hand. She had nothing to do with that hand. Let that… — Cynthia Voigt
He kissed her. Without warning, without permission. Without even deciding to do it, but simply because he couldn't have done anything else. He needed that… — Tessa Dare
I am one of the Clave. It's in my blood and bones. So tell me, if you're so sure this wasn't my fault, why is… — Cassandra Clare
Night, in which everything was lost, went reaching out, beyond stars and sun. Stars and sun, a few bright grains, went spiraling round for terror,… — D. H. Lawrence
But she has gathered that Americans, in spite of their public declarations of affection, in spite of their miniskirts and bikinis, in spite of their… — Jhumpa Lahiri
Nicky looked down at me with a knowledge on his face that he was holding the monster in his arms. I'd have comforted him, but… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Some day, as soon as a book is printed it will be simultaneously put into digital form. That will be a wonderful research tool, but… — Anne Fadiman
Stop it. This is serious! (Selena) Serious? Please. I’m standing out here on my twenty-ninth birthday, barefoot and in jeans my mother would burn, holding… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
For a while they stood there, like men on the edge of a sleep where nightmare lurks, holding it off, though they know that they… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence. — Bruce Springsteen
Neither said anything while they embraced. Sometimes words didn't go far enough, the vessels of letters and the ladles of grammar incapable of holding the… — J R Ward
Gabbe jumped up and seized the cocanut first, giving its contents a sniff. "Arriane, she has just been through a trama," she scolded. Arriane tossed… — Lauren Kate
One young woman's tribute describes unwrapping her cadaver's hands and being brought up short by the realization that the nails were painted pink. "The pictures… — Mary Roach
There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that… — Albert Camus
The ideal reader cannot sleep when holding the writer he was meant to be with. — Zadie Smith
He kissed me for a long moment, holding my shoulders, perhaps to keep me from pressing my whole body against his. Then he tried to… — Laura Whitcomb
But it is just two lovers, holding hands and in a hurry to reach their car, their locked hands a starfish leaping through the dark. — John Updike
Holding a tear back makes them drain upward, higher and higher, until one day your head just explodes and you're left with a stub of… — Alice Hoffman
Mostly you meet friends when traveling by accident, like by sitting next to them on the train, or in a restaurant, or in a holding… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I was going to say he's aimless," the witch replied. "I know he's a bit old to be old to living at home with his… — Michael Buckley
Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes. — J.R.R. Tolkien
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody. — Thomas Paine

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