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title: "7 Second Heart Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Second Heart quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Second Heart sayings and thoughts."
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> [Sometimes the past beats inside me like a second heart!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shrill/sometimes-the-past-beats-inside-me-like-a-second-heart/)

[Shrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shrill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/813/shrill-71438_broken-love_sometimes-the-past-beats-inside-me-like_81068.jpg)

> [“What I'm going to miss the most after my Death, is my special, autodidactically learned Ability to meditate – namely masterminding the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sino-melo/what-i-m-going-to-miss-the-most-after-my-death-is-my-special/)

[Sino Melo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sino-melo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/sino-melo-17523_body_what-i-m-going-to-miss-the-most-after-my_209852.jpg)

> [How can it be, I wondered, that we can be lying in bed next to a person we love wholly and helplessly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-parkhurst/how-can-it-be-i-wondered-that-we-can-be-lying-in-bed-next-to-a-person/)

[Carolyn Parkhurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-parkhurst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/carolyn-parkhurst-14899_ache_how-can-it-be-i-wondered-that-we-can-be_290033.jpg)

> [“Your spirit shouldn’t be ‘fine.’ It should be effervescent.” The “spirit” in question wasn’t the soul. Nothing so abstract. It was spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laini-taylor/your-spirit-shouldn-t-be-fine-it-should-be-effervescent-the-spirit-in/)

[Laini Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laini-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/laini-taylor-258_religion_your-spirit-shouldn-t-be-fine-it-should_325081.png)

> [The past beats inside me like a second heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/the-past-beats-inside-me-like-a-second-heart/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/john-banville-2532_beats_the-past-beats-inside-me-like-a-second-h_521710.png)

> [“It is not the content of our dreams that gives our second heart is dark color: it's the thoughts that go through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-parkhurst/it-is-not-the-content-of-our-dreams-that-gives-our-second-heart-is/)

[Carolyn Parkhurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-parkhurst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/carolyn-parkhurst-14899_dark_it-is-not-the-content-of-our-dreams-that_1007309.png)

> [I can't live a second without you because you have my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillie-garza/i-can-t-live-a-second-without-you-because-you-have-my-heart/)

[Lillie Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillie-garza/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/lillie-garza-28770_u-have-my-heart_i-can-t-live-a-second-without-you-becaus_2032667.jpg)

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