“The heart’s desire is expressed in blood.”

“Value-expressive attitudes not only give clarity to the self-image but also mold the self-image closer to the heart’s desire.”

“The expression that there is nothing to express, nothing with which to express, nothing from which to express, no power to express, no desire to express, together with the obligation to express.”

“Dancing Is a Perpendicular Expression of a Horizontal Desire.”

“I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world’s muteness.”

“Which do you think came first—the blood or the heart—and why? Did the heart in all these different species of fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals evolve before there were blood vessels throughout their bodies? When did the blood evolve? Was it before or after the vessels evolved? If it was before, what was it that carried blood to the heart, if there were no vessels? Did the heart beat before the blood evolved? Why was it beating if there was no blood to pump? If it wasn’t beating, why did it start when it had no awareness of blood? If the blood vessels evolved before there was blood, why did they evolve if there was no such thing as blood? And if the blood evolved before the heart evolved, what was it that caused it to circulate around the body? The marvelous human body (and the bodies of all the other creatures) consists of so many amazingly interdependent parts: a heart, lungs (to oxygenate the blood), kidneys (to filter wastes from the blood), blood vessels, arteries, blood, skin (to protect it all), etc. The intricate codependence of just the respiratory system and the circulatory system—not to mention all the other bodily systems—is difficult to explain.”

“The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.”

“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”

“The heart is the throne of God and the heart is the mother of all the desires!”

“This heart is black
like blood that has dried”