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title: "3 Hold Slept Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Strangely, what pierced his heart and mind most sharply was not the memory of her lips under his at the ball, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/strangely-what-pierced-his-heart-and-mind-most-sharply-was-not-the/)

[Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cec/cassandra-clare-9_balls_strangely-what-pierced-his-heart-and-min_198737.jpg)

> [“I shouldn't have stayed as long as I did, but I wanted to hold her while she slept. I wanted her to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-leighton/i-shouldn-t-have-stayed-as-long-as-i-did-but-i-wanted-to-hold-her/)

[M. Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-leighton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/m-leighton-786_quote_i-shouldn-t-have-stayed-as-long-as-i-did_1219283.jpg)

> [“But he didn't hold me when we slept. We didn't make love. He didn't curl his fingers around my breast in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-ashley/but-he-didn-t-hold-me-when-we-slept-we-didn-t-make-love-he-didn-t/)

[Kristen Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-ashley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/kristen-ashley-74_love_but-he-didn-t-hold-me-when-we-slept-we-d_2903513.png)

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