Hold Me Quotes

“We were fair game
but we have kept out of the cesspool.
We are strong.
We are the good ones.
Do not discover us
for we lie together all in green
like pond weeds.
Hold me, my young dear, hold me.”
― Anne Sexton

“Keeping busy is the hardest part. When I find myself still, clear of thoughts, I can still feel you holding me.”
― Karen Quan, Write like no one is reading 2

“Step one: stop feeling self-conscious about things not working. You want a PhD? Well, guess what. You’re going to be issued a wall, with instructions to beat your head against it for a few years. If you’re lucky, the wall will crack, and you’ll write about the structural integrity of walls. If you’re unlucky, your head will break, and you’ll write about the structural integrity of heads. Either way, we have to talk about failure. If you can’t get over your ego and just talk about what you did and what happened, this will take four times as long.”
― Courtney Milan

“I looked up, finding his gaze on me- not angry, or frustrated, but... sad. Knowing. 'I want to share this bed with you, though,' I breathed. 'I want you to hold me.'

Stars flickered to life in his eyes. 'Always,' he promised, kissing my brow, his wings now enveloping me completely. 'Always.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin