--- title: "7 Held Chest Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Held Chest quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Held Chest sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/aspen-matis-45134_gaze_the-true-answer-held-my-chest-like-an-un_70940.jpg" --- > [“The true answer held my chest like an unwanted hand’s sudden touch, uncomfortable and unfeeling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aspen-matis/the-true-answer-held-my-chest-like-an-unwanted-hand-s-sudden-touch/) [Aspen Matis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aspen-matis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/aspen-matis-45134_gaze_the-true-answer-held-my-chest-like-an-un_70940.jpg) > [“I did remember. The librarian had picked me up and held me to her chest as we evacuated beneath the flashing fire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flynn-meaney/i-did-remember-the-librarian-had-picked-me-up-and-held-me-to-her/) [Flynn Meaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flynn-meaney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/flynn-meaney-27610_fire-alarm_i-did-remember-the-librarian-had-picked_296881.jpg) > [With one long breath, caught and held in his chest, he fought his sadness over his solitary life. Don't cry, you idiot!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bellow/with-one-long-breath-caught-and-held-in-his-chest-he-fought-his/) [Saul Bellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/saul-bellow-558_caught_with-one-long-breath-caught-and-held-in_862195.png) > [They sat on a bench and Sproule held his wounded arm to his chest and rocked back and forth and blinked in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/they-sat-on-a-bench-and-sproule-held-his-wounded-arm-to-his-chest-and/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/cormac-mccarthy-181_arms_they-sat-on-a-bench-and-sproule-held-his_1662239.jpg) > [“When he put his arms around me, and held me to his chest, everything in me settled. When he spoke into my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cybill-cain/when-he-put-his-arms-around-me-and-held-me-to-his-chest-everything-in/) [Cybill Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cybill-cain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/cybill-cain-41272_chimera-club-stories_when-he-put-his-arms-around-me-and-held_1744944.jpg) > [“He put his pen in his pocket, then took her hand and held it to his chest for a minute. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/he-put-his-pen-in-his-pocket-then-took-her-hand-and-held-it-to-his/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/rainbow-rowell-135_took-hand_he-put-his-pen-in-his-pocket-then-took-h_2589768.jpg) > [“He took my hand and held it against his chest, "Feel that? It beats for you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karli-perrin/he-took-my-hand-and-held-it-against-his-chest-feel-that-it-beats-for/) [Karli Perrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karli-perrin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/818/karli-perrin-43486_april-showers_he-took-my-hand-and-held-it-against-his_2949727.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/held-chest/#itemlist", "name": "Held Chest Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The true answer held my chest like an unwanted hand’s sudden touch, uncomfortable and unfeeling.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aspen Matis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aspen-matis/the-true-answer-held-my-chest-like-an-unwanted-hand-s-sudden-touch/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/aspen-matis-45134_gaze_the-true-answer-held-my-chest-like-an-un_70940.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/aspen-matis-45134_gaze_the-true-answer-held-my-chest-like-an-un_70940.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/aspen-matis-45134_gaze_the-true-answer-held-my-chest-like-an-un_70940.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The true answer held my chest like an unwanted hand’s sudden touch, uncomfortable and unfeeling.” — Aspen Matis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I did remember. 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