"Unconditional love goes beyond holding on and letting go. Real love is about truth. It's about looking at what's really going on instead of the stories we tell ourselves about it. It's about being abl..."
- Vironika Tugaleva
"for those memories are nowjust like these little kittensI hold in my handsthose can be kissedand treasuredbut not held too tightly."
- Sanober Khan
"The most beautiful moments always seemed to accelerate and slip beyond one’s grasp just when you want to hold onto them for as long as possible."
- E.A. Bucchianeri
"If your heart is strong enough to hold grudges, then it is very capable of forgiving others. It takes more strength to hold onto something than to let it go."
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"Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn't that what people do?"
- Bret Easton Ellis
"Holding onto what was isn't healthy for what is."
- Hannah Whitall Smith
"for all I can really do isstand herein September’s rainsavoring…soaking it all inslipping..and simplyholding on to poetryfor dear life."
"I’ll never let go of you again,” she whispered. “I swear it."
- Dianna Hardy
"What a mother wants is to hold her babies when they’re small and to be held by them once they’ve grown tall. It’s empty arms a mother dreads."
- Richelle E. Goodrich
"You make the decision to love everyday, whether you feel the magic or not. It's the decision that creates perseverance, not the feeling of love in itself, because sometimes, butterflies do not suffice"
- Ufuoma Apoki