Holding Back Quotes

I wonder, though…what would it be like? To be that close to a boy and have him see all of you, no holding back.

Jenny Han

Honesty is vulnerability. Sadly, not everyone can handle someone’s honesty. However, lying allows people to be comfortable.

Shannon L. Alder

Of course I contradict myself. Why else would I often bite my tongue and attempt to put the fire out?

Jen Tindugan-Adoviso

All right, all right," he said, with that gesture I'd come to hate: two open palms facing me and patting the air, as if pushing me away, pushing me down, pushing any tears I might be preparing to cry back into their ducts.

Kathleen Rooney

You can’t selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and still expect to see the light.

Shannon L. Alder