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:
“Our destiny, our being’s heart and home,
Is with infinitude, and only there;
With hope it is, hope that can never die,”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“There is something about poverty that smells like death. Dead dreams dropping off the heart like leaves in a dry season and rotting around the feet; impulses smothered too long in the fetid air of underground caves. The soul lives in a sickly air. People can be slave-ships in shoes.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)
“My heart is turned to stone; I strike it, and it hurts my hand.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)