Heart
The heart is a hollow muscle that pumps blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. It is found in all animals with a circulatory system (including all vertebrates).
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Famous quotes containing the word heart:
“Christ is my onely head,
My alone onely heart and breast,
My onely musick, striking me ev’n dead;”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)
“Love sits enthroned in Clara’s eyes,
The Graces play her lips around,
And in her cheeks the tendrest dyes
Of lilly mixed with rose are found.
Where charms so irresistless throng
What mortal heart can try resistance?
But ah! her nose is two feet long,
And bids our passions keep their distance.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“Who shall measure the heat and violence of the poet’s heart when caught and tangled in a woman’s body?”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)