“My heart is your heart," he said. "My hands are your hands.”
Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls
Variant: And what if I'm the one who kills him?" "My heart is your heart," he said, "My hands are your hands.
Source: City of Lost Souls
“My heart's in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand's in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught.”
— Jean Genet, book Our Lady of the Flowers
Source: Our Lady of the Flowers
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