“Hold the old holding hand. Hold and be held. Plod on and never recede. Slowly with never a pause plod on and never recede.”
“Never let the hand you hold, hold you down.”
“If certain females could hold on to a man the same way they hold on to grudges. They'd never be single!”
“Besides," she says, eyes twinkling mischievously, "it'd never work out between us. I'm still holding a candle for Professor Haven.""How could I compete with a middle-aged English professor?""Well," she says, "you could do, but it'd be useless. Something about his receding hairline just drives me mad.”
“I will always come for you, always hold on to you. I swear it. I will never let go of you, never fail you, I will hold steady, no matter what.”
“Hope is holding on, praying expectantly. It's never giving up. It's never quitting.”