“In the years since, I have learned that the point of life's walk is not where or how far I move my feet but how I am moved in my heart.”
Source: The Seven Paths: Changing One's Way of Walking in the World
“Your fire burns bright, but it cannot warm the chill in your heart,” Nara mocked, her voice cutting through the howling winds.”
Source: Arya and the Guardians of Azhira
“Good teaching is a soul-stirring blend of an academic mind and a pastor's heart, imparted into the souls of students.”
“Last I remember a beat in my body
My heart felt warm
Lazy, and yellow
Maybe that was love.”
Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection
“And he didn't like love, the way it made him feel stupid and vulnerable. If he ever married, he'd choose someone incapable of swaying his heart. Someone he hated, even, so they could never manipulate him the way Lucy Gray had. Never make him feel jealous. Or weak.”
Source: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“They dozed off into dreamless oblivion for what seemed like an eternity but was, in fact, hours, and awoke hungover, unable to look into...”
“How can I—how can any of us—let you go? You are woven through us, from birth to death. You educated me, married us, comforted us. You stood at our mileposts, our weddings, our funerals. You gave us the courage when tragedy struck, and when we howled at God, you stirred the embers of our faith and reminded us, as a respected man once said, that the only whole heart is a broken heart.”
Source: Have a Little Faith: A True Story
“People wandered in for books and conversation. They brought their stories to her, some bound, and some known by heart. She recognized some of the stories as real, and some as fiction. But she honored them all, though she didn't buy every one.”
Source: The Brutal Telling
“Gu Mang didn't understand that some people's hearts shouldn't be touched. They never played around; rather, they were the solitary guardians of the pure affection they held cupped in their hands. They had only a little bit of romance in their hearts, just enough to lavish on a singular person in all their life.”
Source: Remnants of Filth: Yuwu (Novel) Vol. 2
“We must start seeing our heart’s health in a new way. Our lives depend on it.”
Source: Just One Heart: A Cardiologist’s Guide to Healing, Health, and Happiness