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title: "11 Clench Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Clench quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Clench sayings and thoughts."
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> [“More clench than butt cheeks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisi-harrison/more-clench-than-butt-cheeks/)

[Lisi Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisi-harrison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/lisi-harrison-6932_quote_more-clench-than-butt-cheeks-1387590_1387590.jpg)

> [When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-haley/when-you-clench-your-fist-no-one-can-put-anything-in-your-hand/)

[Alex Haley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-haley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/alex-haley-8212_educational_when-you-clench-your-fist-no-one-can-put_2406991.jpg)

> [“I clench my fists and try not to scream and I tuck my friends in my heart and revenge I think has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahereh-mafi/i-clench-my-fists-and-try-not-to-scream-and-i-tuck-my-friends-in-my/)

[Tahereh Mafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahereh-mafi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/tahereh-mafi-229_destroy_i-clench-my-fists-and-try-not-to-scream_1234769.png)

> [“When I hear your name, I involuntarily clench my butt cheeks. Is that love? I don’t know—I’m not Nicholas Sparks. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/when-i-hear-your-name-i-involuntarily-clench-my-butt-cheeks-is-that/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/jarod-kintz-2_love_when-i-hear-your-name-i-involuntarily-cl_999976.jpg)

> [“I ain’t scared to lend a hand I ain’t scared to clench it either”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mie-hansson/i-ain-t-scared-to-lend-a-hand-i-ain-t-scared-to-clench-it-either/)

[Mie Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mie-hansson/)

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> [“I clench your love in my butt cheeks, along with all my hard-earned cash.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-clench-your-love-in-my-butt-cheeks-along-with-all-my-hard-earned/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/jarod-kintz-2_cheeks_i-clench-your-love-in-my-butt-cheeks-alo_136179.jpg)

> [“You clench your teeth. You look up. You tell yourself that if they see you cry, it will hurt them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-clench-your-teeth-you-look-up-you-tell-yourself-that-if-they-see/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/john-green-12_hurt_you-clench-your-teeth-you-look-up-you-te_175966.jpg)

> [After that, anytime she caught me near a kitchen she’d start in on me. So I have an automatic sphincter clench any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/after-that-anytime-she-caught-me-near-a-kitchen-she-d-start-in-on-me/)

[Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/sherrilyn-kenyon-25_caught_after-that-anytime-she-caught-me-near-a_1913695.jpg)

> [“Frustration, too evident in the cement clench of his jaw. Distance, the ethereal detached from the flesh and bone. Impatience, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/frustration-too-evident-in-the-cement-clench-of-his-jaw-distance-the/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/ellen-hopkins-475_impatience_frustration-too-evident-in-the-cement-cl_2703509.png)

> [“Her hair is so long it falls to the middle of her back; I have to clench my fists against this unbidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahereh-mafi/her-hair-is-so-long-it-falls-to-the-middle-of-her-back-i-have-to/)

[Tahereh Mafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahereh-mafi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/tahereh-mafi-229_hair-long_her-hair-is-so-long-it-falls-to-the-midd_2504394.png)

> [I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-clench-his-hands-to-the-point-of-pain-stay-with-me-his-pupils/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/suzanne-collins-60_contracts_i-clench-his-hands-to-the-point-of-pain_2267185.jpg)

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