“Hold back the river
Let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river
So I can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back”

“May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children.”

“It is your belief that you are being held back that holds you back.”

“You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.”

“All the way up the river she's been holding back somehow, waiting. Now you'll both have to wait. I'm not going to disappoint her, Kit. When I take you on board the Witch, it's going to be for keeps.”

“You could hold her tight with all your might but she'd slip through your arms like the wind and be back in flight back into the night where you might never see her again.”

“If I hold you any closer I'll be in back of you!”

“So what are you afraid of? What is holding you back? What is it that stands in your way? Do it!”

“… When I get you back, I’m gonna put that necklace back around your neck and pin you.” He tries to hold my eyes with his own. 'Like the 1950s.”

“Without conviction that you can make change happen, you will not act, even if you see the vision. Your feelings will hold you back.”