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title: "4 Hold Apart Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Hold Apart quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Hold Apart sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I knew that in the last few minutes everything had changed. I'd tried to hold myself apart, showing only what I wanted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-knew-that-in-the-last-few-minutes-everything-had-changed-i-d-tried/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/sarah-dessen-110_bits-and-pieces_i-knew-that-in-the-last-few-minutes-ever_71672.jpg)

> [But I think, personally, that it would be worse to have been alone all that time. Sure, maybe I would have protected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-i-think-personally-that-it-would-be-worse-to-have-been-alone-all/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/sarah-dessen-110_forever_but-i-think-personally-that-it-would-be_1896763.png)

> [I tried to hold myself apart, showing only what I wanted, doling out bits and pieces of who I was. But that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-tried-to-hold-myself-apart-showing-only-what-i-wanted-doling-out/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/sarah-dessen-110_apart_i-tried-to-hold-myself-apart-showing-onl_2427892.png)

> [“but instead of letting yourself go to where you want to be, you beat the drum of what-is, and so you hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-hicks/but-instead-of-letting-yourself-go-to-where-you-want-to-be-you-beat/)

[Esther Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-hicks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ce/esther-hicks-592_feel_but-instead-of-letting-yourself-go-to-wh_2852780.png)

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