Hold

Famous quotes containing the word hold:

“For I had expected always
Some brightness to hold in trust,
Some final innocence
To save from dust;”
—Stephen Spender (1909–1995)

“There was a heavy power in her eyes which laid hold of his whole being, as if he had drunk some powerful drug. He had been feeling weak and done before. Now the life came back into him, he felt delivered from his own fretted, daily self.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)

“What? for I know not yet what you will say.
alc: Nor will you ever, if you interrupt.
Proceed, and I will hold my speechless tongue.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)