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title: "3 Held Moment Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“With her silence alone she held off, for a moment longer, the suggestion that the worst was over, the tree had fallen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mcdermott/with-her-silence-alone-she-held-off-for-a-moment-longer-the/)

[Alice McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mcdermott/)

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> [“I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-held-a-moment-in-my-hand-brilliant-as-a-star-fragile-as-a-flower-a-2/)

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

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> [All that he had of her was his memory, where he held every moment, every single moment that she had been his.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliet-marillier/all-that-he-had-of-her-was-his-memory-where-he-held-every-moment/)

[Juliet Marillier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juliet-marillier/)

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