“The louder a man tells you he’s honest, the harder you must hold onto your purse.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer
Two Rivers saying
(15 October 1993)
"Optimistic Voices".
Context: You’re out of the woods
You’re out of the dark
You’re out of the night
Step into the sun, step into the light,
Keep straight ahead
For the most glorious place
On the Face of the Earth
Or the sky. Hold onto your breath
Hold onto your heart
Hold onto your hope,
March up to the gate
And bid it open.
“The louder a man tells you he’s honest, the harder you must hold onto your purse.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer
Two Rivers saying
(15 October 1993)
“Everyone should die with someone holding onto them.”
Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments
Maia Roberts, to Bat Velasquez, pg. 227
The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
“Holding onto something that's gone only makes a sickness inside.”
Nora Roberts (1950) American romance writer
“Life is slippery. We all need a loving hand to hold onto.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer
Source: Life's Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life
“I have learned to smoke because I need something to hold onto.”
Elizabeth Smart (1913–1986) Canadian poet and novelist
Source: By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
“Sometimes the sins you haven't committed are all you have left to hold onto.”
David Sedaris When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Source: When You Are Engulfed in Flames
“When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.”
David Levithan (1972) American author and editor
Source: Two Boys Kissing
“I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing.”
Henry Miller book Tropic of Cancer
Source: Tropic of Cancer
“Like those dreams that have pleased us. They escape us and we vainly try to hold onto them.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist