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"There are no little events with the heart. It magnifies everything; it places in the same scales the fall of an empire of fourteen years and the dropping of a woman's glove, and almost always the glove weighs more than the empire."
"But also remember: if you have any genuine feelings, hide them like treasure; never let anyone so much as suspect them, or you're lost. Instead of being the executioner, you'll be the victim. And if you ever fall in love, keep that absolutely secret! Never breathe a word until you're completely sure of the person to whom you open your heart. And to protect that love, even before you feel it, learn to despise the world."
"Mud, raised by hurricanes, wells up in the noblest and purest of hearts."
"Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?"
"The human heart may find here and there a resting-place short of the highest height of affection, but we seldom stop in the steep, downward slope of hatred."
"Indeed, the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts."
"Though the day of my Destiny 's over, And the star of my Fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find."
"The poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still the master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth, While man, vain insect hopes to be forgiven, And claims himself a sole exclusive heaven."
"You can't help it but you were born without a heart. At least you tried to believe what the people with hearts believed — so you were a good man just the same."
"Now the old boy may be barely breathing, but the heart of rock and roll is still beating."
"High energy does not necessarily mean fast, high energy has to do with heart."
"Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally."
"Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts."
"The young people were playing that still more absorbing game in which hearts are always trumps."
"Jo's breath gave out here, and wrapping her head in the paper, she bedewed her little story with a few natural tears, for to be independent and earn the praise of those she loved were the dearest wishes of her heart, and this seemed to be the first step toward that happy end."
"I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands." "They're not empty now."
"…I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes that goes to my heart."
"If I want to live in a peaceful world, then it is up to me to make sure that I am a peaceful person. No matter how others behave, I keep peace in my heart. I declare peace in the midst of chaos or madness. I surround all difficult situations with peace and love."
"Oh continue to love me, never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours."
"Then Scale by scale, We strip off The delicacy And eat The peaceful mush Of its green heart."
