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title: "33 Held Heart Quotes by 29 authors"
description: "Browse 33 Held Heart quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Held Heart sayings and thoughts."
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> [Love, he thought as he held her to his heart, was an agony beyond compare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalini-singh/love-he-thought-as-he-held-her-to-his-heart-was-an-agony-beyond/)

[Nalini Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalini-singh/)

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> [His kiss held his heart. It broke hers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalini-singh/his-kiss-held-his-heart-it-broke-hers/)

[Nalini Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalini-singh/)

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> [Your smile was a fake Demon held within heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-limn/your-smile-was-a-fake-demon-held-within-heart/)

[Jeremy Limn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-limn/)

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> [“That boy held my heart in a way that felt molecular.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salley-vickers/that-boy-held-my-heart-in-a-way-that-felt-molecular/)

[Salley Vickers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salley-vickers/)

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> [I've let go of the dream of becoming a UFC champion that I held in my heart my whole life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diego-sanchez/i-ve-let-go-of-the-dream-of-becoming-a-ufc-champion-that-i-held-in-my/)

[Diego Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diego-sanchez/)

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> [They didn't understand that she held his heart, held it so utterly that there was nothing he wouldn't do, no line he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalini-singh/they-didn-t-understand-that-she-held-his-heart-held-it-so-utterly/)

[Nalini Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalini-singh/)

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> [It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/it-was-never-what-i-wanted-to-buy-that-held-my-heart-s-hope-it-was/)

[Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/)

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> [“Love is a bond that death cannot part. Gone from my arms, but still held in my heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-green/love-is-a-bond-that-death-cannot-part-gone-from-my-arms-but-still/)

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

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> [“I held it over my heart. Mrs. Worth smiled. "That's where a book should be carried.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-bauer/i-held-it-over-my-heart-mrs-worth-smiled-that-s-where-a-book-should/)

[Joan Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-bauer/)

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> [I feel like I’ve known you forever. Like I’ve held you in my heart for centuries. (Talon)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/i-feel-like-i-ve-known-you-forever-like-i-ve-held-you-in-my-heart-for/)

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

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> [“Yellowdog, where does sorrow go?” He held his heart. “Lives here, in each of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trebor-healey/yellowdog-where-does-sorrow-go-he-held-his-heart-lives-here-in-each/)

[Trebor Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trebor-healey/)

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> [“I had a dream I put my hands inside my chest and held my heart to try to keep it still.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariko-tamaki/i-had-a-dream-i-put-my-hands-inside-my-chest-and-held-my-heart-to-try/)

[Mariko Tamaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariko-tamaki/)

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> [And on my deathbed, all I'll see is you The life may leave my lungs, but my heart will stay with you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-eyes/and-on-my-deathbed-all-i-ll-see-is-you-the-life-may-leave-my-lungs/)

[Angel\_eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-eyes/)

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> [“Deaf and blind to all but her pants and her hazy bluebell eyes as she rocked into bliss, he clenched her hips…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cari-quinn/deaf-and-blind-to-all-but-her-pants-and-her-hazy-bluebell-eyes-as-she/)

[Cari Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cari-quinn/)

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> [I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-held-my-heart-back-from-positively-accepting-anything-since-i-was/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“The beautiful man-boy that held my heart in his memories, who claimed my soul with his smile. I knew that if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-torrest/the-beautiful-man-boy-that-held-my-heart-in-his-memories-who-claimed/)

[T. Torrest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-torrest/)

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> [“But I held her in my heart, and would stay with her all my days, even if a great many of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/but-i-held-her-in-my-heart-and-would-stay-with-her-all-my-days-even/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

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> [I was in the darkness ,I was out in the cold. Seemed nothing could heal this hole in my soul. You reached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-huddson/i-was-in-the-darkness-i-was-out-in-the-cold-seemed-nothing-could-heal/)

[Jennifer Huddson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-huddson/)

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> [“I had not realized how much anger I held against my heart for all the people who use others as nothing more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-elliott/i-had-not-realized-how-much-anger-i-held-against-my-heart-for-all-the/)

[Kate Elliott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-elliott/)

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> [“‎Odd how a man who never smiled could make her feel things she didn't know existed. He held her heart in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-barnett/odd-how-a-man-who-never-smiled-could-make-her-feel-things-she-didn-t/)

[Jill Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-barnett/)

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> [“As a girl, Mira had held his hand and led him out of a dark place. As a woman, she’d held his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lara-adrian/as-a-girl-mira-had-held-his-hand-and-led-him-out-of-a-dark-place-as-a/)

[Lara Adrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lara-adrian/)

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> [“Marry me,” he said, searching her eyes for some sign, some indication of how to proceed. Her gaze held his. His heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-brockway/marry-me-he-said-searching-her-eyes-for-some-sign-some-indication-of/)

[Connie Brockway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-brockway/)

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> [I can hear the emptiness inside my heart... As I turn away… with my back against u I cry the tears that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/im-nothing/i-can-hear-the-emptiness-inside-my-heart-as-i-turn-away-with-my-back/)

[Im Nothing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/im-nothing/)

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> [“And as we walked into the house, I smiled contentedly, realizing that the stress of the previous twenty-four hours had all but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/and-as-we-walked-into-the-house-i-smiled-contentedly-realizing-that/)

[Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/)

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> [“The footsteps behind her stopped. A warm brush of fingertips traveled up her arms as a firm chest pressed against her back.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-kate/the-footsteps-behind-her-stopped-a-warm-brush-of-fingertips-traveled/)

[Lauren Kate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-kate/)

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> [“She stared at him, at his face. Simply stared as the scales fell from her eyes. "Oh, my God," she whispered, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/she-stared-at-him-at-his-face-simply-stared-as-the-scales-fell-from/)

[Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/)

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> [“I've been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they're real I've been living so long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-williams/i-ve-been-looking-so-long-at-these-pictures-of-you-that-i-almost/)

[Boris Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-williams/)

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> [Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/every-defeat-every-heartbreak-every-loss-contains-its-own-seed-its-4/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-doyle/so-much-held-in-a-heart-in-a-lifetime-so-much-held-in-a-heart-in-a/)

[Brian Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-doyle/)

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> [“I´ve held you in my heart since the day you left me. But you´re too heavy to carry another step. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-k-vaughan/i-ve-held-you-in-my-heart-since-the-day-you-left-me-but-you-re-too/)

[Brian K. Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-k-vaughan/)

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> [I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mcgwire/i-touched-roger-s-bat-and-held-it-to-my-heart-my-bat-will-lie-next-to/)

[Mark McGwire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mcgwire/)

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> [“She stamped the book and gave it to me. "You bring it back in three weeks." I held it over my heart.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-bauer/she-stamped-the-book-and-gave-it-to-me-you-bring-it-back-in-three/)

[Joan Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-bauer/)

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> [“Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said: "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter - bitter," he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/held-his-heart-in-his-hands-and-ate-of-it-i-said-is-it-good-friend-it/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

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                        "text": "“The footsteps behind her stopped. A warm brush of fingertips traveled up her arms as a firm chest pressed against her back. Daniel. She could sense his glow without even turning. She closed her eyes. His arms wrapped around her waist and his soft lips swept across her neck, stopping just below her ear. \"I found you,\" he whispered. She turned slowly in his arms. The sight of him took her breath away. He was still her Daniel, of course, but his skin was the color of rich hot chocolate,and his wavy black hair was cropped very short. He wore only a short linen loincloth,leather sandals, and a silver choker around his neck. His deep-set violet eyes swept over her, happy. He and Layla were deeply in love. She rested her cheek on his chest and counted the beats of his heart. Would this be the last time she did this,the last time he held her against his heart? She was about to do the right thing-the good thing for Daniel. But still it pained her to think about it. She loved him! If this journey had taught her anything, it was how much she truly loved Daniel Grigori. It hardly seemed fair that she was forced to make this decision. Yet here she was. In ancient Egypt. With Daniel. For the very last time. She was about to set him free.”",
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                        "text": "“She stared at him, at his face. Simply stared as the scales fell from her eyes. \"Oh, my God,\" she whispered, the exclamation so quiet not even he would hear. She suddenly saw-saw it all-all that she'd simply taken for granted. Men like him protected those they loved, selflessly, unswervingly, even unto death. The realization rocked her. Pieces of the jigsaw of her understanding of him fell into place. He was hanging to consciousness by a thread. She had to be sure-and his shields, his defenses were at their weakest now. Looking down at her hands, pressed over the nearly saturated pad, she hunted for the words, the right tone. Softly said, \"My death, even my serious injury, would have freed you from any obligation to marry me. Society would have accepted that outcome, too.\" He shifted, clearly in pain. She sucked in a breath-feeling his pain as her own-then he clamped the long fingers of his right hand about her wrist, held tight. So tight she felt he was using her as an anchor to consciousness, to the world. His tone, when he spoke, was harsh. \"Oh, yes-after I'd expended so much effort keeping you safe all these years, safe even from me, I was suddenly going to stand by and let you be gored by some mangy bull.\" He snorted, soft, low. Weakly. He drew in a slow, shallow breath, lips thin with pain, but determined, went on, \"You think I'd let you get injured when finally after all these long years I at last understand that the reason you've always made me itch is because you are the only woman I actually want to marry? And you think I would stand back and let you be harmed?\" A peevish frown crossed his face. \"I ask you, is that likely? Is it even vaguely rational?\" He went on, his words increasingly slurred, his tongue tripping over some, his voice fading. She listened, strained to catch every word as he slid into semi delirium, into rambling, disjointed sentences that she drank in, held to her heart. He gave her dreams back to her, reshaped and refined. \"Not French Imperial-good, sound, English oak. You can use whatever colors you like, but no gilt-I forbid it.\" Eventually he ventured further than she had. \"And I want at least three children-not just an heir and a spare. At least three-if you're agreeable. We'll have to have two boys, of course-my evil ugly sisters will found us to make good on that. But thereafter...as many girls as you like...as long as they look like you. Or perhaps Cordelia-she's the handsomer of the two uglies.\" He loved his sisters, his evil ugly sisters. Heather listened with tears in her eyes as his mind drifted and his voice gradually faded, weakened. She'd finally got her declaration, not in anything like the words she'd expected, but in a stronger, impossible-to-doubt exposition. He'd been her protector, unswerving, unflinching, always there; from a man like him, focused on a lady like her, such actions were tantamount to a declaration from the rooftops. The love she'd wanted him to admit to had been there all along, demonstrated daily right before her eyes, but she hadn't seen. Hadn't seen because she'd been focusing elsewhere, and because, conditioned as she was to resisting the same style of possessive protectiveness from her brothers, from her cousins, she hadn't appreciated his, hadn't realized that that quality had to be an expression of his feelings for her. Until now. Until now that he'd all but given his life for hers. He loved her-he'd always loved her. She saw that now, looking back down the years. He'd loved her from the time she'd fallen in love with him-the instant they'd laid eyes on each other at Michael and Caro's wedding in Hampshire four years ago. He'd held aloof, held away-held her at bay, too-believing, wrongly, that he wasn't an appropriate husband for her. In that, he'd been wrong, too. She saw it all. And as the tears overflowed and tracked down her cheeks, she knew to her soul how right he was for her. Knew, embraced, and rejoiced.”",
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                        "text": "“I've been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they're real I've been living so long with my pictures of you That I almost believe that the pictures are All I can feel Remembering You standing quiet in the rain As I ran to your heart to be near And we kissed as the sky fell in Holding you close How I always held close in your fear Remembering You running soft through the night You were bigger and brighter and wider than snow And screamed at the make-believe Screamed at the sky And you finally found all your courage To let it all go Remembering You fallen into my arms Crying for the death of your heart You were stone white So delicate Lost in the cold You were always so lost in the dark Remembering You how you used to be Slow drowned You were angels So much more than everything Hold for the last time then slip away quietly Open my eyes But I never see anything If only I'd thought of the right words I could have held on to your heart If only I'd thought of the right words I wouldn't be breaking apart All my pictures of you Looking so long at these pictures of you But I never hold on to your heart Looking so long for the words to be true But always just breaking apart My pictures of you There was nothing in the world That I ever wanted more Than to feel you deep in my heart There was nothing in the world That I ever wanted more Than to never feel the breaking apart All my pictures of you”",
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                        "text": "Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. I can hear the emptiness inside my heart... As I turn away… with my back against u I cry the tears that no one sees… Hoping one day you can catch set me free of all the misery that I go thru... all the invisible tears are meant for you so you can see all the damage done to me…… I held u r heart captive till u showed me ur dark side… then I drifted away like I didnt even matter… I made decisions based on u and it was never really worth it! Will the second time around matter I remember the first day we made eye contact Because that's the day my life turned around I knew from that very moment True love is what I had found The way you looked in my eyes And flashed me your beautiful smile Told me from that very moment Your what I was looking for all the while The way that you make me feel inside Takes my every breath away baby.",
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