Holding Hands Quotes

• Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

  Ernest Gaines

  Motivational, Respect, Integrity

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• In joined hands there is still some token of hope, in the clenched fist none.

  Victor Hugo

  Hands, Fists, Peace And Love

  "Toilers of the Sea".

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• True love doesn't consist of holding hands, it consists of holding hearts.

  Orlando Aloysius Battista

  Heart, Hands

  Orlando Aloysius Battista (1981). “Quotoons: a speaker's dictionary”, Perigee

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• There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

  Timothy Keller

  Inspirational, Hands, People

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• Holding hands, for example, is a way to remember how it feels to say nothing together.

  Nicole Krauss

  Hands, Together, Way

  Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.73, W. W. Norton & Company

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• I want to try with someone who loves me enough to try with me. I want to grow old looking at the same face every morning. I want to grow old looking at the same face every night at the dinner table. I want to be one of those old couples you see still holding hands and laughing after fifty years of marriage. That's what I want. I want to be someone's forever.

  Rachel Gibson

  Morning, Couple, Night

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• People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  True Friend, Hands, People

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• And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.

  Robert Fulghum

  Hands, Together, World

  Gail Feinstein Forman, Robert Fulghum (1994). “It All Started in Kindergarten: Unforgettable Stories for Listening and Conversation”, Prentice Hall

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• Hold the old holding hand. Hold and be held. Plod on and never recede. Slowly with never a pause plod on and never recede.

  Samuel Beckett

  Hands, Pauses

  Samuel Beckett (2012). “Company / Ill Seen Ill Said / Worstward Ho / Stirrings Still”, p.58, Faber & Faber

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  You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

  Amy Poehler

  Inspirational, Fear, Hands

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

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• I can conquer the world with one hand, as long as you are holding the other.

  Megan Smith

  Hands, Conquer The World, Long

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• Recipe for a happy marriage: My wife and I always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.

  Red Skelton

  Letting Go, Hands, Wife

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• Trails need to be wider so people can walk while holding hands.

  Dave Barry

  God, Hands, People

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• You are only as good as your reach, you must hold hands with others

  Peter Legge

  Hands

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• You might think being the target of an international terrorist organization, an amnesiac, and a girl with hair dyed in the middle of the night by Macey McHenry would make people stare at you. Well, try walking into the Grand Hall with seriously puffy eyes while holding hands. With a boy.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Eye, Boys

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• I get the greatest feeling when I'm singing. It's other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up through your feet and goes up the top of your head and maybe you're holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Stars, Angel, Hands

  FaceBook post by Cyndi Lauper from May 19, 2014

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• Holding her hand in public is just another way of saying you're proud to have her.

  Drake

  Hands, Proud, Way

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• I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Girl, Dream, Boys

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• If you are holding hands with others, you can't hold a gun!

  Alan Rufus

  Gun, Hands, Hand Holding

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• I, with millions of other Americans, have the same dream Martin Luther King Jr. had; when I wake up I wish some of the things I dreamt would be true. I wish that little black and white boys and girls would hold hands without being shocked at their nearness to each other and say in a natural way, "we have overcome.

  Maya Angelou

  Girl, Dream, Kings

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Aug 28, 2013

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• Manicures: Which are basically just holding hands with a stranger for forty-five minutes whilst listening to Enya.

  Miranda Hart

  Hands, Listening, Stranger

  Miranda Hart (2012). “Is It Just Me?”, p.99, Hachette UK

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• And since I’m marrying into the Quartet, I have certain privileges and duties. If you’re sleeping with Laurel—” “I’m not sleeping with Laurel. We’re dating.” “Right, and the two of you are just going to hold hands, admire the moon, and sing camp songs.” “For a while. Minus the singing.

  Nora Roberts

  Song, Sleep, Moon

  Nora Roberts (2010). “Savor the Moment”, p.89, Penguin

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• I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me.

  Solomon Burke

  Jumping, Hands, Lines

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• We can't hold hands― Someone might see. Won't you please Hold toes with me?

  Shel Silverstein

  Hands, Might, Toes

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• When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Photography, Art, Hands

  Robert Mapplethorpe, Edmund White (1995). “Altars”, Vintage

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