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Heart Quote by Mark Twain

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“But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.”

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Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.

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While we've youth in our hearts, we can never grow old.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

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My heart jumps out of its cage to see what the fuss is about. Damn thing. Always so hopeful, but my voice hides it…

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I love because there is not enough room in my heart to hate.

Rena Kornreich Gelissen

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Love is like that, fragile and light. No wonder it rests upon our hearts in intangible moments, bids us follow fleeting thoughts and ideas…

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Joan Z. Borysenko

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My father longed for a better life for us, and when I was nine he got a job as a heart surgeon in Belfast.…

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O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!

William Shakespeare

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Love will fan the flame, and that flame will warm the heart that's waiting.

Michael W. Smith

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Always have the fear of God in your heart, and remember that God is always with you, everywhere, whether you are walking or sitting.

Gennadius of Constantinople

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