Beating Heart Quote by Lisa Verge Higgins

“somehow made him feel pure, whole, and righteous. He was filled with a feeling of euphoria, breathing rapidly, his heart racing,”

— Rayven T. Hill

“When one was with her she could almost persuade one that there was something cowardly and despicable in any emotional dodging, in any refusal…

— Caroline Blackwood

“Warmth radiated from her skin in waves. Her pulse beneath his fingertips. The telltale flutter in her neck. Life. It mattered, was precious. And…

— J. Rose Black

“Seeming utterly fragile and vulnerable, the silhouette pulsed almost imperceptibly with the beating of her heart or the motions of her inner heart, as…

— Haruki Murakami

“Through her jacket, I could feel her heartbeat. It made me happy to know she was alive, was real, was there.”

— Alex Flinn

“Suddenly a feeling swam over her with a mighty strength. The feeling was both overwhelming and peaceful, linking her to some cosmic and eternal…

— Mike Ericksen

“Completely alive. I thought abut what she meant by that; about all the joy and wonder and passion that had slipped from her fingers.”

— Jonathan Hull

“She wanted to live lightly on the earth, in harmony with its rhythms, all her senses keen and her mind alive and her spirit…

— Scott Russell Sanders

“But he had held her hand, he had looked into her face in the dark hall, and a strange ecstatic entrancement had come over…

— Anna Kavan

“Standing on the edge of that darkness, she felt the stirrings of reckless want. A wild sort of bravery beat within her, taking up…

— Emily Lloyd-Jones

“What terrified her most was the thought that staying alive had become nothing more than a habit. That was it. A reflex action without…

— Jonathan Maberry

“As soon as she concentrated on being alive now, the thought of dying also came into her mind.”

— Jostein Gaarder