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:

    “Half the business is done, when one has gained the heart and the affections of those with whom one is to transact it.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    “If grief could burn out
    Like a sunken coal,
    The heart would rest quiet....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Then sounds the voice of One who like the heart of man
    Was once a child who among beasts has lain—
    ‘Still do I love, still shed my innocent light, my Blood, for thee.’”
    —Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)