I Held Quotes
192 quotes by 158 authors
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He caught me to him, his arms banded tight around me. His face pressed into my throat. "Where do we go from here?" I held…
— Sylvia Day
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A pair of dolphins swept by us in the water, flicking their heads out to get a look at us as they went. One of…
— Jim Butcher
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We’d spent years as adversaries, two predators sharing territory and a certain, unwelcome attraction. Somehow, during all those years I spent outwardly acquiescing to his…
— Patricia Briggs
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Kisten, please don't leave me," I begged, and his eyes opened. "I'm cold," he said, fear rising in his blue eyes. I held him tighter.…
— Kim Harrison
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It is not enough to do, one must also become. I wish to be wiser, stronger, better. This--" I held out my hands "--this thing…
— Louis L'Amour
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What about this?" I held up a battered copy of Beauty and the Beast. "It sounds romantic." Xavier wrinkled his nose. "Disney... I don't think…
— Alexandra Adornetto
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I held his gaze. I could see the storm in his eyes. I knew he was confused. I could see the fear. Then there was…
— Abbi Glines
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Ian squeezed my hand and leaned in to whisper through all the hair. His voice was so low that I was the only one who…
— Stephenie Meyer
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I held out my hot dog, which had grown cold. “Do you want this?†“No way. You’re going to need it. If anything bad happens,…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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I ultimately decided to hold my tongue and settle instead for the comfort of ignorance. Not knowing the truth, I retained hope, and that hope…
— Catherine Gilbert Murdock
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If I held a revolver to your head, James, and pulled the trigger, would it really matter if I did not know that there were…
— Cassandra Clare
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Ian didn't come. He just sat here with you--he said he didn't care what you looked like. He wouldn't let anyone else put a finger…
— Stephenie Meyer
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With a gentle pressure, our lips met. His hands slipped more firmly about me, and I held myself back, not afraid, but wanting to feel…
— Kim Harrison
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Oh, my god!†I said to Reyes, my eyes radiating accusations at him. “She took your picture? Just what kind of game are you playing?…
— Darynda Jones
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I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.
— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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I regard a love for poetry as one of the most needful and helpful elements in the life-outfit of a human being. It was the…
— Lucy Larcom
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I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish, because I held…
— Lupita Nyong'o
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
— Malcolm X
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I held the generous, strong, beautiful hand of my first wife Cassie as ovarian cancer took her life much too soon.
— Pierce Brosnan
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For the first few months, I was a comically inept parent. The first night home from the hospital, I held her bare body against my…
— Nick Flynn
Who Wrote These I Held Quotes
158 authors contributed a total of 192 I Held Quotes, led by these top contributors: