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:

    “Lest, once more wandering from that heaven,
    I fall on some base heart unblest,
    Faithless to thee, false, unforgiven,
    And lose my everlasting rest.”
    —John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)

    “O heart the winds have shaken, the unappeasable host
    Is comelier than candles at Mother Mary’s feet.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Who shall measure the heat and violence of the poet’s heart when caught and tangled in a woman’s body?”
    —Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)