“Accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.”
David Guterson book Snow Falling on Cedars
Source: Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), Ch. 32, last page.
Source: Shantaram
“Accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.”
David Guterson book Snow Falling on Cedars
Source: Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), Ch. 32, last page.
“The human heart beats itself to death.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
" The Buried Life http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/arnold/writings/buriedlife.html" (1852), st. 2 <br class="br">Context: Alas! is even love too weak<br>To unlock the heart, and let it speak?<br>Are even lovers powerless to reveal<br>To one another what indeed they feel?<br>I knew the mass of men conceal'd<br>Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd<br>They would by other men be met<br>With blank indifference, or with blame reproved;<br>I knew they lived and moved<br>Trick'd in disguises, alien to the rest<br>Of men, and alien to themselves — and yet<br>The same heart beats in every human breast!
“All humans are musical. Why else would the Lord give you a beating heart?”
Mitch Albom book The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
Source: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
“To this day, my heart skips a beat every time I hear one of those special bulletins.”
Yolanda King (1955–2007) American actress
After recollecting her father's death to People magazine (1999) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051600075.html <br class="br">1990s
Alison McGhee (1960) American novelist
Source: All Rivers Flow To The Sea
“Gods, how I’ve missed you. (Stryker)
I hate you with every beat of my heart. (Zephyra)”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
Source: One Silent Night