Heart

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:

    “I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it—on the inside.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)

    “But I saw the little-Ant men as they ran
    Carrying the world’s weight of the world’s filth
    And the filth in the heart of Man—
    Compressed till those lusts and greeds had a greater heat
    than that of the Sun.”
    —Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

    “Handsome husbands often make a wife’s heart ache.”
    —Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)