If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression.

Liberate yourself from my vice-like grip!

This world is not enough, but it will have to do. You can either hold on or let go.

Sometimes you’ll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.

To hold, you must first open your hand. Let go

Fear is only a verb if you let it be.

Don’t you dare let go of my hand.

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue.

Sleepless late that night, his mind still tumbling with conflicts, he recalled something Omoro had said once when Kunta had refused to let go of a choice mango after Lamin begged for a bite: “When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand, nor can your hand pick up anything.

Holding on to things only breaks your heart.

Just don't let go or you may drown.

I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I yank my head back in confusion to find myself looking into Peeta’s eyes, only now they hold my gaze. Blood runs from the teeth marks on the hand he clamped over my nightlock.

“Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp.

“I can’t,” he says.

if you just suppress your desire, and you attempt to renounce the object of your desire, you are likely to be tied to it.

It's hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender