There’s always that one guy who gets a hold on you. Not like your best friend’s brother who gets you in a headlock kind of hold. Or the little kid you’re babysitting who attaches himself to your leg kind of hold. I’m talking epic. Life changing. The “can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t do your homework, can’t stop giggling, can’t remember anything but his smile” kind of hold. Like, Wesley and Buttercup proportions. Harry and Sally. Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. The kind of hold in all your favorite ’80s songs, like the “Must Have Been Love”s, the “Take My Breath Away”s, the “Eternal Flame”s—the ones you sing into a hairbrush-microphone at the top of your lungs with your best friends on a Saturday night.
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Related Life is full of what-ifs. You can’t let it hold you back. If you do, you’re not really living at... BETHANY HAMILTON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Hold me like you hold the hand of a little kid who needs you in loneliness, bite my fingers like you... M.F. MOONZAJER Unlike simple stress, trauma changes your view of your life and yourself. It shatters your most basi... MARK GOULSTON In a world of complete economic equality, you get and keep the affections you deserve. You can’t b... B.F. SKINNER If you hold a candle close to you, its flame rises. And if you hold it away from you, its flame shri... SUZY KASSEM Ah, sweetie. If the poets couldn’t unriddle them, then you certainly can’t. Be kind, and keep yo... ALLYSE NEAR There is a pain you can’t think your way out of. You can’t talk it away. If there was someone to... PETER HELLER It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs a... GARY CARTER And We ordained for him in the tablets admonition of every kind and clear explanation of all things;... QURAN Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing-- turn your toes out when you... LEWIS CARROLL If you hold a candle close to you, its flame rises. And if you hold it away from you, its flame shri... SUZY KASSEM Be fit. You can’t go the distance in your business when you can’t go the distance with your body... DAN WALDSCHMIDT It's like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they ra... MICHELLE OBAMA Hold up your end of the bargain. Get out there and bust (your tail) trying to do your best for your ... JOEY HARRINGTON (in response to the question: what do you think of e-books and Amazon’s Kindle?) Those ... RAY BRADBURY You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. There's always that one guy who gets a hold on you. JESS ROTHENBERG A lot of the records you buy, there's nothing you can hold in your hand, it's all 1's an... DAVE GROHL It's kind of a double-edge sword. I'm happy to see him out there, but you kind of hold your breath a... JOHN FOX You do it for yourself. You don’t expect to change the world. You don’t even expect to influence... MARTIN SHEEN Things will happen that you can’t prevent, things will fall apart that you can’t hold together, ... ERIK TOMBLIN You can’t dance with me in the day and sleep in his arms at night. You can’t have the sun and mo... NEHA YAZMIN I like when you look at me like you can’t figure me out. You’re considering getting to know me, ... KATE ANGELL Human life is precious; the life of a child even more so. Knowing that your grasp is the only thing ... KAREN RODWILL SOLOMON Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. A person who is honest with ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA It’s funny. When you leave your home and wander really far, you always think, ‘I want to go home... DANZY SENNA You have to learn to follow your heart. You can’t let other people pressure you into being somethi... JOEL OSTEEN I like the paranormal side a lot; that's my favorite kind of horror movie because it plays on yo... SHANLEY CASWELL You think you're lost but you're not lost on your own. You're not alone. I will stand by you, I will... RASCAL FLATTS Having positivity in your life and a kind, forgiving heart allows you the strength to not hold anyth... ANGIE TUCK I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON When people keep telling you that you can’t do a thing, you kind of like to try it. MARGARET CHASE SMITH The body is the one thing you have to say goodbye to. You can hold on to your memories. You can hold... TAYA KYLE You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES You can’t keep your feet on the ground, hoping to enjoy the fruits of your labour. The fruits are ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR As long as you're alive... ...you can't put life on hold like you can with a game-so that's why... HOTARU ODAGIRI Too much of anything can’t help you make your life better or happy. VIKRANT PARSAI Kindly, print the line below on hard paper,
“May be it can’t hold the weight of my words!” DEEPAK KUMAR My dear sister, you can’t escape God, and you can’t escape your skeletons in the closet. They wi... CORALLIE BUCHANAN But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the... VANESSA KERRY the church can’t just be the place you go on Sundays—it must become the center of your life. ROD DREHER When you find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on h... SHANNON L. ALDER Choose, people who hold your hand when you gonna fall or people who like to fall with you for your s... NISHI DE SILVA The question: who are you really? Is a question wich can’t be answered. Who you really are is some... RENATE VULLINGS Don’t believe those who say, ‘you can’t’. You can make it in life. You can realise all ... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA If you have a dream and a desire to pursue it with every fiber of your being, but can’t move past ... CHRIS GARDNER Transformation is my favorite game and in my experience, anger and frustration are the result of you... JASON MRAZ I finally understand what it means to find that someone who is everything to you. Once you've found ... CHRISTOPHER ANDERSEN I love you as a guitar loves those playful nimble hands. Without your touch, the strings of my heart... DEBASISH MRIDHA It's par for the course. You hold your hands up to that kind of stuff .. brave or stupid is the oper... JASON STATHAM You can’t let the apocalypse rule your life. MICHELLE TEA The night is my companion...solitude my guide....and I would be the one to hold you down, kiss you s... SARAH MCLACHLAN The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from actin... SUSAN SONTAG Free driving is like an extreme sports version of snorkeling, ... That's about 50 feet deep. And bas... JESSICA ALBA If you hear a song that makes you cry and you don’t want to cry anymore, you don’t listen to tha... JAY ASHER You may live or work around a bunch of weeds, but don’t let that stop you from blooming. Realize t... JOEL OSTEEN Forward into the untrodden! Courage, old man,and hold on to your umbrella! Have you got your garters... CONRAD AIKEN (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON They often say, “What’s the point in astrology if you can’t change your destiny?”. Well... KEDAR JOSHI But the truth is that the world has changed. And not participating in the conversation is a loud sta... VANESSA FOX This isn't a crush, it's obsession.You are never not in my thoughts. Your scent carries across a roo... GWEN HAYES You need to look at your lineup and decide how many guys you'll be willing to pinch-hit for in a gam... BUCK SHOWALTER At its core, the collection is built around a very wise line from a Beatles song: I want to hold you... CHERYL JULIA LEE Finn said, “You feel the wind is a bully, beating you. But that is your seeing. That is your story... KATHERINE CATMULL When you can’t pour water out of your boot with a hole in it, you need to step back and see the an... ROBERT W. MERRIWEATHER You think he’s perfect and he’s safe and, in your head, he can do anything... but he can’t sav... EMME ROLLINS You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for... BILLIE HOLIDAY You can’t see anything properly while your eyes are blurred with tears. You can’t, in most thing... C.S. LEWIS Understand that you can’t achieve your dreams if you don’t connect with people who guide you to ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I’m not going to let my insecurities keep me from having a good time. I think that if you don’t ... CHRISTINA RICCI I have lived in the shadow of loss—the kind of loss that can paralyze you forever. I have gri... CHRISTINA RASMUSSEN The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. Cliches became cliches for a reason; that they usually hold at least a modicum of truth, and the fol... WILLIAM GIBSON The key to all of your behaviors is hidden in a box that you can’t open using normal tools, your s... GERARD ARMOND POWELL If you make God your best friend, you can’t go wrong. VIKRANT PARSAI Remember The Dream You have a choice Your heart will know You gotta look back s... JAMES INGRAM I frowned as my fingers throbbed. “Wait a sec. There’s a chance I can’t work with fire and you... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT There’s more to honesty than … than an arrangement of words. They say faeries can’t lie, but y... CASSANDRA CLARE Even if you can’t dance, you can shake your body. Even if you can’t sing, you can make some nois... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You can’t see anything properly while your eyes are blurred with tears. You can’t, in most thing... C.S. LEWIS You can’t see anything properly while your eyes are blurred with tears. You can’t, in most thing... C.S. LEWIS You walked into my heart, Without my permission And the more I've tried to hold on to the cont... NIKKI ROWE And people who don’t dream, who don’t have any kind of imaginative life, they must… they must ... STEPHEN KING Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold onto something or someone the more it wants to get awa... HENRY ROLLINS The Poet With His Face In His Hands You want to cry aloud for your mistakes.... MARY OLIVER The greatest thing a father can do for his children is to respect the woman that gave birth to his c... SHANNON L. ALDER Never allow anyone to hold the key to your happiness, key to your heart, or key to your dreams. Be i... AMAKA IMANI NKOSAZANA You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are... BUFFALO BILL “You can’t do what You ONLY never tried to do.” MAGED MAHROUS Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture... RACHEL SKLAR Being with Josh is like being touched from the inside out. An unexpected blaze of sunshine on an oth... SARAH OCKLER Don’t cluster tasks on your way. Some tasks would definitely have to be postponed to the next day.... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Look around you at the people you spend the most time with and realize that your life can’t rise a... MANDY HALE Relationships-of all kinds-are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the san... KALEEL JAMISON Relationships-of all kinds-are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the san... LEO F. BUSCAGLIA They say “Follow your heart”…. …. But I can’t follow you where you’re going… RANATA SUZUKI If I can’t be your love, then let me be a simple brooch so I may rest a while against ... KAMAND KOJOURI There are people who treat you right and there are people who do not treat you right. Don't get affe... AVIJEET DAS
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