Hold Fast Quotes

“Language was a code, like numbers, he said, and depended just as much on rhythm for its power”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Inside this building, the world had felt generous, limitless, like a safe spot for dreams to grow.”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“The smallest detail may be the one that matters the most”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“She wouldn't be helpless, not ever, not if she could see a way out. She wouldn't allow that to happen. She could see that being helpless in a situation like this was dangerously close to becoming just plain less”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“You could pick out what felt surprising in a book or poem and then save it, as long as you also wrote down the name of the person who wrote it first”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Be a squeaky wheel but talk nice”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Crash, from the Russian krashenina Noun: a rough fabric sometimes used to strengthen the spine of a book”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“you can pick what you want from the definition, like picking flowers from a garden”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“I had hope”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“People get distracted by worries and sadness, and have to struggle to see anything else. They have to work hard to hold on to beauty, to hold fast to dreams and words”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“working hard keeps you from going crazy”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“But a pearl, she reminded herself, comes from something uninvited and difficult, a grain of sand in an oyster, something that eventually, over time, becomes a thing of beauty.”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“People, she realized, had rhythms, too. Unique ways of behaving and talking.”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Spin it around, look at it from all sides, try to find a weak spot, if there was one.”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Dash's heart kept a rhythm with her own at all times, and his power, drive and sparkle filled her mind”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“It was almost, with Mr. Waive, like the big words were his way of building a protective fence. Syllables to hide behind.”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Any clues might have been impossible to comprehend from his vantage point”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Dash had explained that owls symbolize knowledge and wisdom”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Chase, from the Middle French chasse and Latin capsa Noun: a rectangular metal frame used for printing”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Reading is a tool no one can take away. A million bad things may happen in a life and it'll still be with you, like a flashlight that never needs a battery. Reading can offer a crack of light on the blackest of nights.”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“we can visit libraries, go to free places in the city, and think again”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Sometimes kids can do a better job than their parents when life gets mean. We try, but we got confusions”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Families dropped out of programs, suffered through emergencies, had to move overnight. No one seemed surprised when a kid stayed out of school or didn't come to meals; no one asked where he or she was, as if missing stuff was just part of life.”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“We all need a few minutes of privacy sometimes”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Funny what a difference one successful phone conversation can make!”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Rhythms appear in the ways flowers grow, water flows, the earth moves around the sun, the moon moves through their dreams, and thoughts travel within their minds.”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“and gave her a thank-goodness hug”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Dig down, fly high, remember where you want to go, and one day you'll get there: Roots + Wings + Dreams=Home!”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast

“Now Early realized that a light had gone out, and”
― Blue Balliett, Hold Fast