Curious how a place unvisited can take such hold on the mind so that the very name sets up a ringing.
What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.
Information is a lot like water; it's hard to hold on to, and hard to keep from leaking away.
Fire and water, logic and reason—those footholds of reality that you mortals hold so near and dear become like so much mist on the plains of the dreamscape.
I don’t know how to dance!” she said. His arms tightened around her when she tried to pull away. “Then just let me hold you.
And the great question for mankind is what is to be loved or hated next, whenever and old love or fear has lost its hold.
Tragedy is the driver of innovation, forcing man to move on and overcome the bonds which hold us back through the ever-present fear.
One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.
She promised him she would love him until she was physically unable to anymore and then after when all she could do was hold his photograph.
She turned back to the reporter, holding out the microphone. “I'm not an expert, I'm a survivor. I hope you can learn how to be one yourself.
No," Lana said, "I'm not going to heal your scratch." "Good," Sanjit said. "Good? Why good?" "Because when you hold my hand, I don't want it to be work for you.
... relationships required such vigilance, such attention. You had to hold them together by force of will, and other people took up so much space, demanded so much time. It was exhausting.
On the rare occasions on which a movie was shown, there was as much suspense in the audience over whether the electricity would hold out to the end of the film as there was in the film itself.
It is in reference to Pope Julius that Machiavelli moralizes on the resemblance between Fortune and women, and concludes that it is the bold rather than the cautious man that will win and hold them both.
Staring at the can clock never influence the appointed time that God has ordained for your manifestation. Hold your peace, but don't shift focus.
Alistair would never reject her, never make her feel ashamed of her desires...never make her hold back.” - Felicity (The Pleasure Room)
Holding my hands in his, David kissed my knuckles before he swore to me, “I will love every day of the rest of my life.
A brick could be used as disbelief. I can tell you believe me, so why don’t you go ahead and hold this brick for me.
Servile, and base, and mercenary, is the notion of Christian practice among the bulk of nominal Christians. They give no more than they dare not with-hold; they abstain from nothing but what they must not practise.
Let me go!” I screamed, but it was a wasted effort. Dean was determined to hold me. Determined never to lose his grip. “I’m never going to let you go again.
I figured that when there's no way of knowing what the future holds it's just as easy to believe it'll be good as to believe it'll be bad.
