More quotations tagged with “heart”
I couldn't escape him, now or ever. He'd always be there, consuming my every thought, my heart locked in his hands. I was drawn to him by forces I couldn't control, let alone escape.
—Becca Fitzpatrick in Silence
Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts, and the scenery is falling apart.
—Rainer Maria Rilke
The first person you fell in love with stole your heart. The first person you made love with stole your soul. And if these were one and the same, you were doomed.
—Jodi Picoult in Mercy
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart, and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
—Frederick Douglass
Rock-and-roll starts between the legs and goes through the heart, then to the head. As long as it does those three things, it's a great rock song.
—John Mellencamp