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:
“My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad ... and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.”
—Emily Brontë (1818–1848)
“Were you the earth, dear Love, and I the skies,
My love should shine on you like to the Sun,
And look upon you with ten thousand eyes,
Till heaven wax’d blind, and till the world were done.
Whereso’er I am,—below, or else above you—
Whereso’er you are, my heart shall truly love you.”
—Joshua Sylvester (1561–1618)