„Try me. Try me.
And your love will always be true.
Oh I need you (I need you).
Hold me. Hold me.
I want you right here by my side.
Hold me. Hold me.
And your love we won't hide.“

„You know I need your love, you got that hold over me.
As long as I got your love, you know that I'll never leave.
When I wanted you to share my life, I had no doubt in my mind.
And it's been you, woman, right down the line.“

—  Gerry Rafferty Scottish singer and songwriter 1947 - 2011

Right Down the Line.
Song lyrics, City to City (1978)

„Oh! I want to put my arms around you, I ache to hold you close. Your ring is a great comfort. I look at it and think she does love me or I wouldn't be wearing it!“

—  Eleanor Roosevelt American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States 1884 - 1962

In a letter to Lorena Hickok, March 7, 1933

„You looove me. (holds out arms) You love me this much.“

—  James Patterson American author 1947

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„If my love can hold you, I'll keep you with me.“

—  Lisa Kleypas American writer 1964

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„I hold he loves me best that calls me Tom.“

—  Thomas Heywood English playwright, actor, and author 1574 - 1641

Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells (1635).

„Hold me close and tell me how you feel
Tell me love is real.“

—  Buddy Holly American singer-songwriter 1936 - 1959

Words of Love
Song lyrics

„For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.“

—  John Donne, The Canonization

The Canonization, stanza 1

„True believer that I am
I am blind, lead me on (lead me on)
Blessed receiver of your love
I own my own time
And I've been holding on (holding on)
Leave the word unspoken
And the spell will not be broken.“

—  James Taylor American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1948

"I Will Follow"
Song lyrics, Dad Love His Work (1981)

„Must have counted twenty thousand cold county lines; nothing here will get my weary soul to ignite. Hold me, hold me. Put me back together, baby. Show me that you love me; feels so good together. Every single fire, started with a spark. We could feel it burn, when we're dancing in the dark. Take me in your arms, before I fall apart. Baby, we're a fire that started with a spark.“

—  Michelle Branch American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1983

"Spark" https://listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=tDGSgZQPscY#t=40 (12 May 2013)
2010s, West Coast Time

„But if the rain must fall…It won't matter much to me
If I had you
And all I need is your love.“

—  James Morrison English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1984

If The Rain Must Fall
Song lyrics, Undiscovered (James Morrison album) (2006)

„I would rather die then try to live without you”, “May you always love me and want me but never have me”, “May you never love anyone but me”.“

—  Jude Deveraux American writer 1947

„I love you John Tyree, and I'm going to hold you to the promise you once made me. If you come back, I'll marry you. If you break your promise, you'll break my heart.“

—  Nicholas Sparks American writer and novelist 1965

„You love me for who I am
Like the stars hold the moon
Right there where they belong
And I know I'm not alone“

—  Miley Cyrus American actor and singer-songwriter 1992

When I Look At You, her character's solo piece from The Last Song motion picture
Song lyrics

„Girl, tell me only this:
That I'll have your heart for always.
And you want me by your side,
Whispering the words "I'll always love you."“

—  Lionel Richie American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor 1949

Truly.
Song lyrics

„p>You are more than now;
You are for always.
I can see in you
My dreams come true.
Don't you ever go away.You make me feel like
There's nothing I can't do.
And when I hold you,
I only want to say
I love you.</p“

—  Lionel Richie American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor 1949

Ballerina Girl.
Song lyrics, Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)

„Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Woh these chains of love got a hold on me yeah.“

—  Carole King Nasa 1942

Chains (1962), Co-written with Gerry Goffin, first performed by The Cookies
Song lyrics, Singles

„If I fall along the way, pick me up and dust me off; If I get too tired to make it, be my breath so I can walk; If I need some other love then, give me more than I can stand; When my smile gets old and faded, just wait around I'll smile again; It shouldn't be so complicated, just hold me and then, just hold me again“

—  Rob Thomas American singer 1972

„There's something in the way she eases my mind
And lays me across the bed till I close my eyes.
Stirs me in the morning till I can't ever be satisfied.
I leave Carolina every night in my dreams,
Like the girls that try to love me that I only leave.
Rock me like a baby doll and hold me to your chest,
But I'm always moving too fast.“

—  Ryan Adams American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter 1974

When Will You Come Back Home?
29 (2005)

„Goodbye, Hari, my love. Remember always--all you did for me.”
           
-I did nothing for you.”
           
-You loved me and your love made me--human.“

—  Isaac Asimov, livro Forward the Foundation

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