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title: "7 Thought Held Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [“she thought about being held to the woman's chest, and lying there hair-smoothed and quiet until she felt she'd found home. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-franklin/she-thought-about-being-held-to-the-woman-s-chest-and-lying-there/)

[Emily Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-franklin/)

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> [Whatever the mind holds to and firmly believes in, forms a new pattern of though within its creative mold, as whatever thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-holmes/whatever-the-mind-holds-to-and-firmly-believes-in-forms-a-new-pattern/)

[Ernest Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-holmes/)

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> [“That day, I thought that I held something important and that my life would be changed. But nothing of this nature is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-bouvier/that-day-i-thought-that-i-held-something-important-and-that-my-life/)

[Nicolas Bouvier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-bouvier/)

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> [Thoughts are an important part of your inner wisdom and they are very powerful. A thought held long enough and repeated often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-northrup/thoughts-are-an-important-part-of-your-inner-wisdom-and-they-are-very/)

[Christiane Northrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christiane-northrup/)

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> [It's strange, isn't it, how the idea of belonging to someone can sound so great? It can be comforting, the way it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/it-s-strange-isn-t-it-how-the-idea-of-belonging-to-someone-can-sound/)

[Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/)

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> [“I thought about how I'd held her in my arms and run my hand through her hair, along her cheeks, and down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tarnoff/i-thought-about-how-i-d-held-her-in-my-arms-and-run-my-hand-through/)

[Terry Tarnoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tarnoff/)

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> [“He almost thought that if he held her, touched his mouth to hers, took in the breath as it left her body,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-fielding/he-almost-thought-that-if-he-held-her-touched-his-mouth-to-hers-took/)

[Liz Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-fielding/)

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