--- title: "1 Heart Muscle Quotes By Lauren Gilley" description: "1 Heart Muscle quotes by Lauren Gilley. Plus more from Lauren Gilley and more Heart Muscle sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/lauren-gilley-10263_human-heart_the-human-heart-was-nothing-but-muscle-a_1748871.jpg" --- > [“The human heart was nothing but muscle, all meat and pulp, but she swore hers must be marble, because she felt the sudden spidering of cracks across it. The fault lines. It was a hard, cold lump behind her sternum,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/the-human-heart-was-nothing-but-muscle-all-meat-and-pulp-but-she/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/lauren-gilley-10263_human-heart_the-human-heart-was-nothing-but-muscle-a_1748871.jpg) ## More by Lauren Gilley > [“Ava propped a shoulder against the doorjamb and smiled to herself, watching. “Mmm, that’s what a girl likes to see first thing in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/ava-propped-a-shoulder-against-the-doorjamb-and-smiled-to-herself/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“That’s a very long story that doesn’t need telling to a woman I’m trying to impress.”               She felt her face grow warm. “There’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/that-s-a-very-long-story-that-doesn-t-need-telling-to-a-woman-i-m/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“She didn’t know if she cried for what she’d lost as a teenager, or for the confused tangle of emotions inside her now. Either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/she-didn-t-know-if-she-cried-for-what-she-d-lost-as-a-teenager-or-for/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“Break up with him,” he said softly, “or I’ll put his head through a window.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/break-up-with-him-he-said-softly-or-i-ll-put-his-head-through-a-window/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“Fillette.” He twisted his upper body toward her, so he could put both arms around her, press her back against the pillows and blot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/fillette-he-twisted-his-upper-body-toward-her-so-he-could-put-both/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“He knew he loved her in February: steam leaving the mug of coffee in her hands in thick curls; her hair a snarled mess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/he-knew-he-loved-her-in-february-steam-leaving-the-mug-of-coffee-in/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“You can’t love anything properly from a distance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/you-can-t-love-anything-properly-from-a-distance/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“How many times have you been slapped on dates?” “Five,” he said as he checked over his shoulder and eased back out into traffic.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/how-many-times-have-you-been-slapped-on-dates-five-he-said-as-he/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“He was the king, damn it, the Lean Dog, an American hellhound. And fuck idiots like this who tried to challenge him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/he-was-the-king-damn-it-the-lean-dog-an-american-hellhound-and-fuck/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“I love you, he thought. And then left her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/i-love-you-he-thought-and-then-left-her/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“Behind every strong man is a strong woman?” he guessed. “Beside,” Ghost corrected. “She’s beside him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/behind-every-strong-man-is-a-strong-woman-he-guessed-beside-ghost/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“It sounds like the men are men and the women are women.”               Ava’s”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/it-sounds-like-the-men-are-men-and-the-women-are-women-ava-s/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“Nights like this,” someone had told him, not so long ago, “feel like the world’s waiting for something.” He was sure, in hindsight, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/nights-like-this-someone-had-told-him-not-so-long-ago-feel-like-the/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“A little fear’s healthy. The day we stop being afraid is probably the day we stop being human.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/a-little-fear-s-healthy-the-day-we-stop-being-afraid-is-probably-the/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) > [“I want to fuck you, trust that. And it would be very, very good for you. But I won’t try to trick you into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-gilley/i-want-to-fuck-you-trust-that-and-it-would-be-very-very-good-for-you/) [Lauren Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-gilley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart-muscle/lauren-gilley/#itemlist", "name": "1 Heart Muscle Quotes By Lauren Gilley", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The human heart was nothing but muscle, all meat and pulp, but she swore hers must be marble, because she felt the sudden spidering of cracks across it. The fault lines. 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