Quotes of: Holding Keyword

He did not have time to wallow, to give a moment’s thought to what may have happened to her or whether she was alive. Turn into the punch, grab hold of the gun, leap into the arena. Attack. He had to move. Now.

Vertigo

What are you doing here?” All right, he was standing in front of an easel, holding a paint palette and brush. “Taxidermy?” he responded with just a touch of his own sarcasm.

Wild Man Creek

The expression 'three is a crowd' holds true for both romance and politics. A three-way race is a disaster, because it splits the ballots, making it almost impossible to gain a majority of the votes. It usually results in a runoff.

Woman King

We walked back to iDEATH, holding hands. Hands are very nice things, especially after they have travelled back from making love.

In Watermelon Sugar

Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.

The Way of the Sword

I think I've lost my faith and I can't stop writing because I don't know how much longer I can hold on.

Your Voice in My Head

Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

The fact that we see some people doing what appears to be good civic-minded deeds may be because that is their true intention, and it may be that that is their best way to hold onto power in a setting where they have to depend on a lot of people.

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.

Orison Swett Marden

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.

Vanessa Kerry

Clary stopped dead in her tracks. "Simon?" "Oh, God," said Jace, sounding resigned. "And here I'd actually hoped I'd got hold of something interesting." -Clary and Jace pg. 114

City of Bones

For in other ways a woman is full of fear, defenseless, dreads the sight of cold steel; but, when once she is wronged in the matter of love, no other soul can hold so many thoughts of blood.

Medea

It will change your life if you accept her offer. Common pleasures will no longer hold sway over you. It’s somewhat like catching religion.

Magic and Murder Among the Dwarves

But some things did not change... Courage, for instance. Dedication to a cause. Comradeship. When they were strong and pure, when they came from deep in the bone, those qualities could hold fast against all odds.

Raven Flight

Even the brightest magnesium flare can do little against such dark except blind the eyes of the one holding it. Thus one craves what by seeing one has in fact not seen.

House of Leaves

She was still there inside me now, just as she always was: a life put on hold, a memory I didn't know how to handle.

Hardboiled and Hard Luck

Ann: How my heart has ached. How empty I have felt. How I’ve ached to hold my two babies.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

We must live with our hearts in our hands - like Mary. We must hold the blood- red heart and no be disappointed when others look away.

Hourglass Museum

Like the kite that caught up to the sky, painted with clouds, I lost track of it, but it was connected by string, something I was holding, something I could always bring back.

Hourglass Museum

I had always thought about running for high political office, and I was kind of waiting for the stars to line up. And, you know, they don't hold the door open for you. You kind of have to muscle your way in.

Matt Cartwright

When you write, you take the ball and you hold it up to the light and you turn it slowly, and let people draw their own conclusions. And try to bring empathy to all sides of the equation.

Justin Cronin