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:

    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)

    The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.
    Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 14:10.

    A woman’s heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed receipt.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)