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title: "4 Impulse Heart Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Impulse Heart quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Impulse Heart sayings and thoughts."
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> [I had begun to write novels because of a fierce, self-serving impulse in my own heart. I had not considered the potential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-had-begun-to-write-novels-because-of-a-fierce-self-serving-impulse/)

[Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/sue-monk-kidd-404_because_i-had-begun-to-write-novels-because-of-a_152240.png)

> [We must see that we are afraid of the thing we most desire, and so we live a mediocre life, never bringing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-deida/we-must-see-that-we-are-afraid-of-the-thing-we-most-desire-and-so-we/)

[David Deida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-deida/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/david-deida-4851_afraid_we-must-see-that-we-are-afraid-of-the-th_1838493.png)

> [I don't try to make any decision of the impulse of my heart. I think things through and go from there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-bridgewater/i-don-t-try-to-make-any-decision-of-the-impulse-of-my-heart-i-think/)

[Teddy Bridgewater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-bridgewater/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/teddy-bridgewater-10733_decision_i-don-t-try-to-make-any-decision-of-the_2903278.jpg)

> [I think the impulse to get to the heart of the story and to tell it well is in my genes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-bloom/i-think-the-impulse-to-get-to-the-heart-of-the-story-and-to-tell-it/)

[Amy Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-bloom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/813/amy-bloom-4288_genes_i-think-the-impulse-to-get-to-the-heart_3045372.png)

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