“A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another.”

“I laugh maniacally, then take a deep breath and touch my chest- expecting a heart to be thumping quickly, impatiently, but there's nothing there, not even a beat.”

“Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy.”

“Your heart literally hurts when it's breaking. You can feel it, every beat another ache, and nothing you can do will stop it, either from beating or breaking.”

“My chest of books divide amongst my friends.”

“There was a horrible, erratic thumping in my chest, as if a large bird was trapped inside my ribcage and beating itself to death.”

“Parallel tough-guy nods."What now?" I asked, hoping to divert the two from actually beating their chests.”

“The heart is the only book worth reading.”

“Here are fruits, flowers, leaves and branches, and here is my heart which beats only for you.”

“Well, the heart that hurts is a heart that beats.”