--- title: "15 Holding Close Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 15 Holding Close quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Holding Close sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/neil-young-969_close_holding-back-is-so-close-to-stealing-228_2285762.jpg" --- > [Holding back is so close to stealing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/holding-back-is-so-close-to-stealing/) [Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/neil-young-969_close_holding-back-is-so-close-to-stealing-228_2285762.jpg) > [“But between these two men she loved, both in one way or another holding her close always, Clarisse Haines knew she would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-ashley/but-between-these-two-men-she-loved-both-in-one-way-or-another/) [Kristen Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-ashley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/kristen-ashley-74_heart_but-between-these-two-men-she-loved-both_664447.png) > [Instead I keep on holding on I keep holding on. When I close my eyes I think about you. I just can�t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lizz-wright/instead-i-keep-on-holding-on-i-keep-holding-on-when-i-close-my-eyes-i/) [Lizz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lizz-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/lizz-wright-4686_oh-yeah_instead-i-keep-on-holding-on-i-keep-hold_2074861.jpg) > [“When a man wanted to wake to the same woman’s face every morning, to spend a lot of nights holding her close,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-howell/when-a-man-wanted-to-wake-to-the-same-woman-s-face-every-morning-to/) [Hannah Howell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-howell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/hannah-howell-97915_every-morning_when-a-man-wanted-to-wake-to-the-same-wo_2721897.jpg) > [“Holding him close, I rest my chin on top of his shoulder, my mouth close to his ear. "It's okay." I whisper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-murphy/holding-him-close-i-rest-my-chin-on-top-of-his-shoulder-my-mouth/) [Monica Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-murphy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/monica-murphy-8400_gaze_holding-him-close-i-rest-my-chin-on-top_475572.jpg) > [“I am doing the best I can. I am hoping I am good enough. I am holding you close, as close as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-bear-bergman/i-am-doing-the-best-i-can-i-am-hoping-i-am-good-enough-i-am-holding/) [S. Bear Bergman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-bear-bergman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/s-bear-bergman-38810_good-enough_i-am-doing-the-best-i-can-i-am-hoping-i_1357780.jpg) > [“I didn’t know you liked to dance,” she said. “I don’t. It gives me an excuse to hold you close without getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-covington/i-didn-t-know-you-liked-to-dance-she-said-i-don-t-it-gives-me-an/) [Robin Covington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-covington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/robin-covington-53475_hold-close_i-didn-t-know-you-liked-to-dance-she-sai_482446.jpg) > [Forever in your arms Is where I want to be Holding you close Within the space That once held only me... Forever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/forever-in-your-arms-is-where-i-want-to-be-holding-you-close-within/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/walter-dean-myers-2582_arms_forever-in-your-arms-is-where-i-want-to_947189.jpg) > [“Nate wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. "Let's get you back and I'll build you a fire." She liked the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindi-madsen/nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding-her-close-let-s-get-you-back/) [Cindi Madsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindi-madsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/cindi-madsen-11347_christmas-romance_nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding_540355.jpg) > [“Where does that leave us when you look at me?” “Do you wanna find out?” “With everything I have even though it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-ashley/where-does-that-leave-us-when-you-look-at-me-do-you-wanna-find-out/) [Kristen Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-ashley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/kristen-ashley-74_holding-close_where-does-that-leave-us-when-you-look-a_752453.png) > [“Nate wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. "Let's get you back and I'll build you a fire." She liked the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindi-madsen/nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding-her-close-let-s-get-you-back-2/) [Cindi Madsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindi-madsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/cindi-madsen-11347_christmas-romance_nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding_3046411.jpg) > [“It's a good-bye, so I hug her back, breathing in the tangerine shampoo that I will associate with her forever, remembering how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/it-s-a-good-bye-so-i-hug-her-back-breathing-in-the-tangerine-shampoo/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/nina-lacour-2768_quote_it-s-a-good-bye-so-i-hug-her-back-breath_1170933.jpg) > [“He reached out a long arm and drew me in, holding me close against him. I put my arms around him and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/he-reached-out-a-long-arm-and-drew-me-in-holding-me-close-against-him/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/diana-gabaldon-185_embrace_he-reached-out-a-long-arm-and-drew-me-in_100398.jpg) > [To see something marvelous with your own eyes-that's wonderful enough. But when two of you see it, two of you together, holding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-reynolds/to-see-something-marvelous-with-your-own-eyes-that-s-wonderful-enough/) [Alastair Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-reynolds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/alastair-reynolds-2186_eight_to-see-something-marvelous-with-your-own_1761661.jpg) > [“You’re always doing this” she whispers. “Doing what?” “Saving me.” I smile, just a bit. “I don’t mind.” “Because it’s your job?”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-chase/you-re-always-doing-this-she-whispers-doing-what-saving-me-i-smile/) [Emma Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/emma-chase-699_gaze_you-re-always-doing-this-she-whispers-do_2361729.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holding-close/#itemlist", "name": "Holding Close Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Holding back is so close to stealing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Young" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/holding-back-is-so-close-to-stealing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/neil-young-969_close_holding-back-is-so-close-to-stealing-228_2285762.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/neil-young-969_close_holding-back-is-so-close-to-stealing-228_2285762.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/neil-young-969_close_holding-back-is-so-close-to-stealing-228_2285762.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Holding back is so close to stealing.” — Neil Young", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But between these two men she loved, both in one way or another holding her close always, Clarisse Haines knew she would never fall.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kristen Ashley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-ashley/but-between-these-two-men-she-loved-both-in-one-way-or-another/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/kristen-ashley-74_heart_but-between-these-two-men-she-loved-both_664447.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/kristen-ashley-74_heart_but-between-these-two-men-she-loved-both_664447.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/kristen-ashley-74_heart_but-between-these-two-men-she-loved-both_664447.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But between these two men she loved, both in one way or another holding her close always, Clarisse Haines…” — Kristen Ashley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Instead I keep on holding on I keep holding on. When I close my eyes I think about you. I just can�t let you go Oh, oh, oh, yeah.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lizz Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lizz-wright/instead-i-keep-on-holding-on-i-keep-holding-on-when-i-close-my-eyes-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/lizz-wright-4686_oh-yeah_instead-i-keep-on-holding-on-i-keep-hold_2074861.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/lizz-wright-4686_oh-yeah_instead-i-keep-on-holding-on-i-keep-hold_2074861.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/lizz-wright-4686_oh-yeah_instead-i-keep-on-holding-on-i-keep-hold_2074861.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Instead I keep on holding on I keep holding on. When I close my eyes I think about you. 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I am hoping I am good enough. I am holding you close, as close as I can, hand cradling your head and breath on your hair, my whole body curved around yours, sheltering you as best I can, trying to remember that I cannot keep you safe, but I can keep you loved.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "S. Bear Bergman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-bear-bergman/i-am-doing-the-best-i-can-i-am-hoping-i-am-good-enough-i-am-holding/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/s-bear-bergman-38810_good-enough_i-am-doing-the-best-i-can-i-am-hoping-i_1357780.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/s-bear-bergman-38810_good-enough_i-am-doing-the-best-i-can-i-am-hoping-i_1357780.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/s-bear-bergman-38810_good-enough_i-am-doing-the-best-i-can-i-am-hoping-i_1357780.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am doing the best I can. I am hoping I am good enough. 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It gives me an excuse to hold you close without getting disapproving looks … And holding you close covers up my boner.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robin Covington" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-covington/i-didn-t-know-you-liked-to-dance-she-said-i-don-t-it-gives-me-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/robin-covington-53475_hold-close_i-didn-t-know-you-liked-to-dance-she-sai_482446.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/robin-covington-53475_hold-close_i-didn-t-know-you-liked-to-dance-she-sai_482446.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/robin-covington-53475_hold-close_i-didn-t-know-you-liked-to-dance-she-sai_482446.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I didn’t know you liked to dance,” she said. “I don’t. 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Forever in your warmth The place for me and you I feel the sun Our life's just begun I know you feel it too", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Dean Myers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/forever-in-your-arms-is-where-i-want-to-be-holding-you-close-within/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/walter-dean-myers-2582_arms_forever-in-your-arms-is-where-i-want-to_947189.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/walter-dean-myers-2582_arms_forever-in-your-arms-is-where-i-want-to_947189.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/walter-dean-myers-2582_arms_forever-in-your-arms-is-where-i-want-to_947189.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Forever in your arms Is where I want to be Holding you close Within the space That once held only me…” — Walter Dean Myers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Nate wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. \"Let's get you back and I'll build you a fire.\" She liked the way he said it. He'd build HER a fire.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cindi Madsen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindi-madsen/nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding-her-close-let-s-get-you-back/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/cindi-madsen-11347_christmas-romance_nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding_540355.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/cindi-madsen-11347_christmas-romance_nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding_540355.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/cindi-madsen-11347_christmas-romance_nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding_540355.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nate wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. \"Let's get you back and I'll build you a fire.\" She…” — Cindi Madsen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Where does that leave us when you look at me?” “Do you wanna find out?” “With everything I have even though it’s completely terrifying.” Coert relaxed but did it still holding her close. “Then let’s find out.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kristen Ashley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-ashley/where-does-that-leave-us-when-you-look-at-me-do-you-wanna-find-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/kristen-ashley-74_holding-close_where-does-that-leave-us-when-you-look-a_752453.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/kristen-ashley-74_holding-close_where-does-that-leave-us-when-you-look-a_752453.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/kristen-ashley-74_holding-close_where-does-that-leave-us-when-you-look-a_752453.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Where does that leave us when you look at me?” “Do you wanna find out?” “With everything I have even though…” — Kristen Ashley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Nate wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. \"Let's get you back and I'll build you a fire.\" She liked the way he said it. He'd build HER a fire.” ... As they walked toward the house, he reached out and took her hand. The gloves blocked the skin on skin feel, but a jolt still went through him. Speaking of fire, he was pretty sure he was playing with it right now.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cindi Madsen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindi-madsen/nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding-her-close-let-s-get-you-back-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/cindi-madsen-11347_christmas-romance_nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding_3046411.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/cindi-madsen-11347_christmas-romance_nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding_3046411.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/cindi-madsen-11347_christmas-romance_nate-wrapped-his-arms-around-her-holding_3046411.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nate wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. \"Let's get you back and I'll build you a fire.\" She…” — Cindi Madsen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's a good-bye, so I hug her back, breathing in the tangerine shampoo that I will associate with her forever, remembering how we used to shower together in her tiny blue-tiled bathroom after days spent by the pool, and how in the beginning, when things still felt easy and right, holding her close like this—underwater, in the sunlight in the quietest nighttime hours—was the best feeling in my life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nina LaCour" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/it-s-a-good-bye-so-i-hug-her-back-breathing-in-the-tangerine-shampoo/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/nina-lacour-2768_quote_it-s-a-good-bye-so-i-hug-her-back-breath_1170933.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/nina-lacour-2768_quote_it-s-a-good-bye-so-i-hug-her-back-breath_1170933.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/nina-lacour-2768_quote_it-s-a-good-bye-so-i-hug-her-back-breath_1170933.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's a good-bye, so I hug her back, breathing in the tangerine shampoo that I will associate with her…” — Nina LaCour", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He reached out a long arm and drew me in, holding me close against him. I put my arms around him and felt the quiver of his muscles, exhausted, and the sheer hard strength still in him, that would hold him up, no matter how tired he might be. We stood quite still for some time, my cheek against his chest and his face against my hair, drawing strength from each other for whatever might come next. 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