I Held Quotes
192 quotes by 158 authors
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I do not see why I should e’er turn back, Or those should not set forth upon my track To overtake me, who should miss…
— Robert Frost
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On the evenings when my parents held parties, the drawing-room mirrors multiplied to infinity the scintillations of a crystal chandelier. Mama would take her seat…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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I SEE thee better in the dark, I do not need a light. The love of thee a prism be Excelling violet. I see thee…
— Emily Dickinson
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I held her close to me with my eyes closed, wonering if anything in my life had ever been this perfect and knowing at the…
— Nicholas Sparks
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I held hands with her all the time...that doesn't sound like much, I realize, but she was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if…
— J D Salinger
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My chest feels full of glitter and helium, the way it used to when I was little and riding my father's shoulders at twilight, when…
— Jodi Picoult
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I held out my book. It was precious to me, as were all the things I'd written; even where I despised their inadequacy there was…
— Tanith Lee
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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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I nearly dropped the plate I held. "You've asked me out tons of times." "Not really. I've made inapproprite suggestions and frequently pushed for nudity.…
— Richelle Mead
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I held my crotch, closed my eyes and repeated my secret catechism.
— Iain Banks
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We got off at the next exit, quietly, and, switching drivers, we walked in front of the car. We met and I held him, my…
— John Green
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Hold still," my father would say, while I held the ship in the bottle and he burned away the strings he'd raised the mast with…
— Alice Sebold
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Grace. I held on to that name. If I kept that in my head, I would be OK. Grace. I was shaking, shaking; my skin…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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I held her, he wanted to say, and if I knew for certain that all it would take to hold her again would be to…
— Dennis Lehane
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It was a sunny day, I was carrying a child in a white dress to be christened. The path to the church led up a…
— Sophie Scholl
Who Wrote These I Held Quotes
158 authors contributed a total of 192 I Held Quotes, led by these top contributors: