Holding On Quotes - Page 15

• Why me?" she asked, holding on to him. "Because you cared," he whispered. "You cared so much for your people, it broke your heart to see the pack in ruins. You cared so much for your mother, you risked your life for hers. You cared enough to save someone who wanted you dead. And because you walk like a queen.

  Annette Curtis Klause

  Mother, Queens, Heart

  Annette Curtis Klause (2007). “Blood and Chocolate”, p.264, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me. I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.

  Suzanne Collins

  Letting Go, Boys, Hands

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.483, Scholastic Inc.

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• Sometimes I think my whole life has been about holding on to you.

  Jodi Picoult

  Thinking, Sometimes, Whole Life

  Jodi Picoult (2007). “Vanishing acts”, p.247, Simon and Schuster

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• We're not good at propping up old carcasses. We want to be on top of what's vital at any particular time, and not just hold onto something because it has a name.

  Greg Ginn

  Names, Want, Old Car

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• Weirdly, when I was in drama school my accent probably got stronger because of that sense of identity when you leave home and go to somewhere where there are loads of people from different places. Holding on to being Welsh and where I was from was a real crutch for me.

  Iwan Rheon

  Real, Drama, Home

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2016.

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• I'm often drawn to darker subjects. There's a lot of awful stuff in literature - and in life. Every day I read the paper and think how much I'd love certain people to just go away. But the flipside is that much of life is really good and sweet and tender and true. That's another thing pets teach us. That, and the importance of holding on to those good things in life.

  Kate Klise

  Sweet, Thinking, People

  Source: www.hbook.com

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