“Holding on too long is just a fear of letting go.”

“Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long.”

“The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.”

“Your fear of letting go prevents you from letting go of your fear of letting go.”

“I will not let thee go.
I hold thee by too many bands:
Thou sayest farewell, and lo!
I have thee by the hands,
And will not let thee go.”

“One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.”

“That's the scary thing about hope," she said. "If you let it go too long it turns into faith.”

“Let them hate, so long as they fear.”
Oderint dum metuant.

“There is love in holding and there is love in letting go.”

“Let them hate us as long as they fear us.”