It is all right to hold a conversation, but you should let go of it now and then.

In Armour’s characteristically wry, epigrammatic style, the line plays on the double meaning of “hold a conversation.” To “hold” can mean to conduct or sustain a talk, but it can also imply gripping it too tightly—dominating, refusing to yield the floor, or clinging to one’s own thread of thought. The punchline (“let go of it now and then”) gently satirizes conversational self-importance and advocates for give-and-take: pauses, listening, and allowing others space. More broadly, it suggests that social grace lies not in constant verbal control but in relinquishing it—accepting silence, interruption, or change of topic as part of genuine dialogue.