“The fairies have taken my heart away from me.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel his heart beating, and his cool breath in my face that makes me want to fall asleep. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

My heart starts to race, just at the thought of it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Into my bed. Into my arms. Into my heart.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dorian walked slowly back to his rooms, his heart racing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even his old friends were included in this, so that now Carl was a lonely man who understood land and work, boat and sea, his own hands, better than his mouth and heart. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And wraithberry, which makes your blood race until your heart stops. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then she carefully mixed them together and painted a large pink heart in the last empty space on the wall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked over his shoulder and said, “Please, my darling Inej, treasure of my heart, won’t you do me the honor of acquiring me a new hat?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But in fact I remained a country boy at heart, and there was nothing that lifted my spirits as much as blue skies, the open veld, and green grass. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Loma’s heart was down on a level with Mr. Angus Tuttle’s, and he had caused me more whippings than I could count. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I could see my heart lift my sweater. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being this close to her silence is like my heart breaking all over the place. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A great weariness was on him, but his will was firm and his heart lighter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It sounded like the beating of a heart. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Portia knocked her head on the table and the blows had a rhythm like the slow beat of a drum and his heart took up this rhythm also. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The boy wore a cream-colored doublet with a fiery heart sewn on the breast. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I step right in front of Dray with my fists clenched, my body aching, and my heart broken. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Stay away from white men, said Mrs. Shigemura, and marry a boy of your own kind whose heart is strong and good. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He watched with a sinking heart as the mean-looking boy swaggered up and down in front of the mounds of dirt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

This, and not that other, his deadly sin, having looked on his father’s nakedness and mocked and cursed him in his heart? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I demanded, surprised by the anger licking at my heart. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My heart blooms like a flower in my chest. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Isa, her usually tidy hair now an angry halo, pointed the tip of her violin bow one inch from the Beiderman’s cold heart. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She didn’t comment on the risk I’d be taking, only asked, “Sweet, why go and break your heart again?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Our people can’t speak Arabic, but we have Islam in our hearts,” said one Senegalese. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between roads the woods and plains moved too; the land was peopled—the Han people, the People of One Hundred Surnames, marching with one heart, our tatters flying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With racism plaguing America like an incurable cancer, the so-called ‘Christian’ white American heart should be more receptive to a proven solution to such a destructive problem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just the look on the Captain’s face ripped my heart right out of my chest. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the heart of any living thing can be broken. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Sir Gawaine said: ‘Leave thy babbling and come off, and let us ease our hearts.’ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost hear the beating of my own heart; and the blood surging through my temples sounded like blows from a hammer. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

If he hears it on the news first, he’s liable to have another heart attack! The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This property allows hemoglobin to shuttle oxygen from the lung to the heart and the brain. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When it finally crashed to the ground, her heart sank. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because N and I are meeting in a week and then maybe my brain and my heart will stop fighting. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He tossed restlessly on the floor, then sprang to his feet, his heart pounding, his ears filled with the sound of singing and shouting. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘In the mauve salon. Go, brave heart, and save me from despair.’ Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then we were out of Jesus’s heart and in the parking lot, the spring air just on the cold side of perfect, the late-afternoon light heavenly in its hurtfulness. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The feeling at the bottom of my heart was still there. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My heart is going a mile a minute, but nothing bad happens. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When he bent his head to listen to my heart I was treated to an aerial view of the Galapagos of scabs on his bald pate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My heart started to race as I leaned closer to the phone in Dad's hand. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Each time there was a wrench in what felt like my heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe, the maintenance man, uses a defibrillator on me because the electricity from the lightning stopped my heart. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She did not have the heart to tell them the bad news about the holiday ball right away—new party clothes, honestly! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a robin’s egg, and Bod stared into the stone wondering if there were things moving in its heart, his eyes and soul deep in the crimson world. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

My aunt Tracy had a heart of gold. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But entering a dark and empty apartment made his heart race. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yep, all of my cousins were squirming like beetles and butterflies with pins stuck in their hearts. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soojin doodles a heart and puts a bunch of smaller hearts inside it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

After fleeing across the burning bridge, Frear went directly to where his sister-in-law’s house had been, his heart filled with grief. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a door in the heart that had no lock on it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The fire flickered in their eyes and they saw into the deepest hearts of men. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As he leads me farther into the woods, my heart quickens. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This presentation had lasted for more than three hours, but it had enthroned a new sense of reality in the hearts of those present, a sense of man on earth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those heart cells kept beating as if they were still in the chicken’s body. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Cowering back against the rock they drew breath, and then they clutched at their hearts. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My fragile heart would not have survived seeing up-to-the-minute photos of my friends and classmates on Facebook or Instagram or Snapchat. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You’ve already done your duty and stolen his heart. I assume he has told you the secret of how he might be defeated?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The route took us up the gently sloping floor of the Western Cwm, the highest box canyon on earth, a horseshoe-shaped defile gouged from the heart of the Everest massif by the Khumbu Glacier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She touches her heart, lightly, as if swearing on it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She had not the heart to eat the food that lay on the cage floor. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of his heart pounds in my ears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My heart bangs—on, off, on, off—too when I see the signal. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is beating so hard and loud that I can’t hear anything except the drumming of it, which fills my ears. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

During the wait her skin had become wrinkled, her breasts had withered, the coals of her heart had gone out. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Only a little, bright heart. Will you come hold court?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wrote so many things from my heart that I used up all the pages. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth, and my heart raps against my chest as I wait for her to say something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The names of the stations begin to take on meaning and my heart trembles. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, anyway, they knew this road by heart. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss’s heart dropped when he looked at his mother’s face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I once told Olly that I knew my own heart better than I knew anything else, and it’s still true. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Right now I would give all the yogurt raisins in all the world for a heart made of ice. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

They stare back at us, blank-eyed and beautiful silent and still. down the road Be careful when you play with him, my grandmother warns us about the boy with the hole in his heart. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t take long to reach our destination, but my heart is beating like I just ran a field lap for the whole ride. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Pong felt trapped—squeezed by the walls of the temple, by the walls around his heart. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

My heart beats faster than the time I thought a barrel cactus was a gnome, on one of Mom and my fairy hunts. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

That soaring sensation in my heart, after every perfectly executed combination, after every onstage performance. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So I cut the heart out of a dead cat and called it a day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Another song: “Make of our hands one hand. Make of our hearts one heart.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

This kiss is supposed to sweep me off my feet, make my heart leap from my chest, and give me all the tingles. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Some people might refuse to show me kindness now, but I will find a way into their hearts. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His heart hurt in his chest as if someone had taken it in a fist and squeezed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I held my breath and tiptoed extra quiet and extra fast right into the little dead girl’s room and as soon as I did ... woop, zoop, sloop ... my heart jumped down into my stomach. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Matt had seen these particular words so often, he knew them by heart. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waved back at him, but my heart was heavy. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I remembered Mechtild’s cabinet with its array of poisons, an easy means of evildoing for a villain with the heart of a fox. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I dart to the door, heart racing like whoa, and open it. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

What slumbers in the heart, slumbers in the stone. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I said, wondering if they could hear my heart pounding. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Singing echoed down the hall, and Ophie’s heart lifted a little. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I just breathed until my lungs caught up with my heart and everything calmed down. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Some of those atoms—when set free in 1945 into the atmosphere above the New Mexico desert—found their way into me: my hands, my head, and my heart. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He holds out a T-shirt, black with that signature red heart, and I say, “How much?” and he says, “Thirty dollars.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Stepping back then, folding his arms, smugging it up just enough, standing there in his white skin, gazing nonchalantly about, six-blocks-deep in the heart of the black side: “Guess that makes me badder than you.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble is my heart speeds up when I’m looking at the ground rushing by. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

With him there was no conflict except between athletes, some- thing Greek-inspired and Olympian in which victory would go to whoever was the strongest in body and heart. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is too bruised and I want to keep the pain as a reminder. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sneak around, heart in my mouth, dreading revelations; I avoid late nights, I evade and tiptoe. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked very grown-up, like she was disappointed in him, and for a brief moment, quite unexpectedly, his heart sank. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He was standing opposite one of the richest men in England, a man who had decided out of the goodness of his heart to give a huge gift to English schools. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“They will put a machine in the marketplace instead. The machine will write the letters well enough, but the words the machine writes will have no elegance and no heart.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie nodded as her heart filled with a sense of pride that she hadn’t felt in a long time. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’m sure he can hear my heart pounding in my chest. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And as she read, her heart sank to a place she didn’t know existed in this, or any other world. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She thought about her heart, wringing itself out right next to Sherm’s. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And I awake with my heart pounding in my throat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was going to have to break his mentor’s heart. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My heart almost burst before I saw Mo. He signed, Okay? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

For the first time, in a very long time, my heart feels light. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds because I know that at some point in the next half hour, I will see Tobias. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Somehow I don’t have the heart for things that used to set me up so much.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiller felt his heart do its fluttering thing again. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But her heart hammered in her chest, and she trembled as she went to light the campfire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lincoln continued: “We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One moment we were watching the twitch of a squirrel's heart. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The darkness of the night creeps into my heart. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Her heart beat rapidly as she ran a finger across the blades and handles of each. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Again at eight o'clock, when the dark lanes of the Forties were five deep with throbbing taxi cabs, bound for the theatre district, I felt a sinking in my heart. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

In his fighting heart, there was no fear. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the tub, my heart fluttering against my breastbone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I should like to “keep” you, too, if you will let me—I mean, in my heart and as my only daughter’s best friend. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s about this meg normal guy, who doesn’t think about anything until one wacky day, when he meets a dissident with a heart of gold.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is the beginning of us growing apart, Rishi thought, and his heart hurt. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The heart of the citadel, that great spherical chamber where only Minya could still go, had served, all this time, as a...a vault. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I never told her I wished with all my heart to go trick-or-treating with them. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He released her neck, slid his hand down to spread his palm over her heart, pressing into the soft flesh. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He said that onions were good for the digestion, the liver, the stomach, the lungs, the heart, and the brain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But on that early June morning, the heavy scent of roses was what made my heart ache. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When he caught those eyes in his glance, invariably there wavered upon the child’s face a flickering smile that broke his heart. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He cares that they know, in his own private words, what’s pumping out of his heart. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Rice had let it get around that his heart was given to a lady from Baltimore. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All her anxiety about being lost vanished, and her heart hopped in her chest. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The half that, maybe, in the most secret recesses of his heart, Baba had thought of as his true son. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

No feminine wiles to fall back on—I stepped into the whitewashed stone room with my heart going berserk against my ribs like a detonating engine. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

My pulse was racing like Mrs. B’s heart rate when I was testing my mood-music playlist. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"I know it is hot, but I feel so very cold. My hands are cold. My feet are cold. My face is cold. My heart is cold." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I was so nervous, it felt like my heart was playing xylophone against my rib cage. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The Stella? That's been closed for a few months now.'' Victor's heart leaped. “ The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

If your belly has grown three sizes, like the Grinch’s heart does in the movie. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I play the keys for Elton John’s “Your Song” with a pounding heart, though my face isn’t as hot as it was back at Clint’s Graveyard. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I know I should hate the captain with all my heart, and yet I don’t. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Her eyes welled up on the word heart. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

MK’s first car bomb attack took place in May of 1983, and was aimed at an air force and military intelligence office in the heart of Pretoria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the rapid thudding of her heart as she spoke. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dear soul, the daring companion of her heart, to be cut away and reduced to a little trotting pet? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And in my heart of hearts, I know we both failed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Because of the heart attack, she had been taken off hormone replacement therapy and was constantly sweating. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. He’s still in there. I can’t lie to you, Santa. My heart’s broke.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t try to make them, and it worries me if I don’t care for them, though Jo says I haven’t got any heart. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But surely the woman would not have the heart . Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

My heart pounded like drops of rain pummeling down upon the dry earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

You killed my mother, who had a lion’s heart, and my sister, who laughed like the rain, and my father, who captured truth with a few strokes of a pen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was a woman’s voice, high and sweet, with a strange music in it like none that he had ever heard and a sadness that he thought might break his heart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My heart sinks as I realize Ma really is sending us away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those we love live in our hearts forever! We always have them”—she touched my heart—“right here. Always.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Virgin Birth, the Resurrection, and the countless miracles—my heart expanded to encompass all the wonders and possibilities of the universe. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My heart starts pounding and I have a strong impulse to run. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I listen to my heart, wave upon wave, salty and red, continuing on and on, marking time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were only a couple of feet separating them now, and Kaede felt as if that space was pulsing with the beat of her heart. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But truly with the death of that white man a dark sorrow had lain down in his heart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My heart pounded as I closed the door and went down the hall, expecting the man, men, crowds—to halt me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And—how her heart sank to hear it!—the unmistakable sound of gnawing. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She looks away, pulling those dark eyes from me and taking my heart with them. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think my heart is beating to its rhythm. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It was not easy to do; in earlier times, his heart had always been ready to tell its story, but lately that wasn’t true. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was by far the worst disaster yet, and it was with despairing hearts that they put in at the next island they reached. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like my heart was being wrenched out of my chest. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She holds up her fingers in the shape of a heart. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As I raised the blind, and the morning sunlight flooded the room, I heard the Professor’s low hiss of inspiration, and knowing its rarity, a deadly fear shot through my heart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I felt like my heart had a little ledge on it and I was standing there leaning as far out as I could, waiting to see what Zach would do. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fell to the ground, holding his heart. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her eyes flew open at the voice, her heart constricting painfully, her brain telling her it was stupid to hope, so very stupid. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds as he stares down at the cover. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At Brooklyn Hospital, he was given a drug to break up the clot blocking an artery to his heart. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her knees failed, and her heart failed as she listened to the words, and all her power of speech went out of her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is here, in the heart of a robin. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Yes, it was she talking, with her customary aplomb, breaking his heart in the drugstore. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The shouting was loud tonight, and I thought on tall Slant, ill-toothed, slow of speech, gentle of heart. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Just by watching Dedd lay the small plants in the ground, MamS would know the doings in her heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It answered the squirrel’s heart with its own measured thud, thud, thud. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then sudses with all her heart those three or four ounces of gray hair, soft and interesting as a baby’s. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

At around four in the morning, the rebels began carving three separate paths—simply referred to as the A, B, and C lines—to the Capitol’s heart. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My heart rate practically triples at just the thought of it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t the heart to write last night; that terrible record of Jonathan’s upset me so. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Yeah, but we’re getting better at it, my heart reminds me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The idea made the fire that was devouring his heart blaze up even more fiercely and he started off in pursuit. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. No—only a kind of sinking in the heart. Maybe later I’ll sort it out to hatred. There was no interval from loveliness to horror, you see. I’m confused, confused.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“At this time, I would like to express my love and remorse toward their families who have been in my heart and in my prayers daily,” he read from his letter. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

If his heart weren’t so heavy, his mind wouldn’t think about snakes that way. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I watch as she slowly closes the door, my heart pounding in my ears until I hear the gentle click of the latch sliding into place. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Her blood began to thrum, and her heart was suddenly pounding. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He caught her hand and held it to his heart. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand him, didn’t like what was happening to my heart around him, didn’t like that I had no idea what he was thinking. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

With a heavy heart he exited the studio. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

My heart beat wildly, as if it were the only thing that existed. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He needed to picture — with faith, with all his heart — his ideal. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I play out the plan for the hundredth time and then I hear a creak on the loose floorboard outside my door and my remembered heart flies to my throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Then Israel took pity on the heart and gave it freedom. He placed it upon the earth and the earth opened and swallowed the black heart into itself.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were less than thirty minutes from the edge of the city, and barely forty-five from the heart of things. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sat there with my heart beating and sweat pouring out of me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

After twenty seconds I hit pause and took Mrs. B’s heart rate again. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“No choice,” his heart beat out to him as he went down the stairs, “no choice, no choice, no choice. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Eventually we cut into the heart of some college campus ’cause Mong said there might be a bus station somewhere inside. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s where they put a donor heart next to his, to regulate the beat. The donor was—the heart was—too small to do the job by itself.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in my heart, I agreed with her, for it was a lovely thing even if the scene it depicted was all wrong. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your heart is going so fast it's impossible to hear the separate beats. All one hears is a soft humming sound." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her heart galloping, she added, more forcefully this time, “Never.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the time comes to punish, we shall strike such a blow as’ll make their hearts faint and fearful. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And she had long, thick eyelashes that were the key to my parents' hearts. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dill’s heart still thumped from the encounter, but he breathed again. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“No. He said that the heart wrings itself out. It twists in two different directions, like you’d do to squeeze the water out of a wet towel.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The tree muted and softened these sounds, and Hatsue felt herself at the heart of things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ah, I thought, touching the place above my heart where I did not yet know the cells were multiplying like crazy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Think now about playing in the Cotton Bowl, deep in the heart of Dallas. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He, Ron, and Hermione kept to themselves, working late into the night, trying to remember the ingredients in complicated potions, learn charms and spells by heart, memorize the dates of magical discoveries and goblin rebellions. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And he made her eat a pomegranate seed, knowing in his heart that if she did so she must return to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I hear the bell ring, my heart catches. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You can maybe hear my heart beating, scared. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it lit." Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I told him I didn’t want to see him anymore and walked back through the black neighborhood, into the store, and went upstairs and cried my heart out, because I still loved him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw them, my heart leaped into my throat. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think something inside my heart broke when he didn’t come down for us when we last visited. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He put his ear to Derek’s chest and heard the heart thumping. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Once you earn the stories, you’ll realize that the brighter the star, the bigger the story. In my heart, I believe your story is going to be as big as the sun.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She confused wit with intelligence, and made people laugh rather than lightening their hearts or making them think. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I push back through the crowd, my heart pounding in my chest. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She knew there was going to be trouble, she could always tell when it was coming, by the peculiar fluttering of her heart. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he’d go to the piano and pound out the one piece he knew by heart, “Napoleon’s Last Charge.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The answer is in thy heart,” she said softly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When we turned into the parking lot of my new giant school, I thought my heart might just pound right out of my chest. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Rebeca, the one with an impatient heart, the one with a fierce womb, was the only one who had the unbridled courage that Úrsula had wanted for her line. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was a scrabbling and a pattering, and Coraline could feel her heart pounding against her ribs. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Dr. Bledsoe there, sat weary in mind and heavy of heart. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart sank to my stomach when I saw the deadline had past. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then she says, looking around at all the decorations that we’ve put up, “The hearts are really nice. It’s like the school vomited construction paper.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

In her hearts, she had never and could never make that choice—humans over her own kind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Our hearts pounded under our navy blue shirts. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Even though I know this forest by heart, we go slow and walk soft, so we don’t give ourselves away. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She looks at Judge Samuels, as she describes the ways her heart has been broken. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His heart was free of worry and desire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Harry felt sick; his heart was hammering very fast — “PEEVES!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And bless his heart, he takes my hands and says, “The nightmare is over, Dedd. Look at what the girls have done.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidently my function in life is to strike fear into the hearts of those who love me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ginger learned to bark Arf! on cue and quickly won the hearts of the entire cast as well as Mrs. Reynolds. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s heart is still beating a thousand times a minute, but he can’t help feeling sorry for the lady. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Alexander told him that maybe it was better to break a man’s leg than his heart. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enoch opened his slicker and pulled one of the wrapped hearts from an interior pocket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Every man who wore the black walked the Wall, and every man was expected to take up steel in its defense, but die rangers were the true fighting heart of the Night's Watch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Let them laugh if they wanted to; he would not move until his heart left from under his chin and went back down into his chest where it belonged. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart skips a couple of beats and my stomach flops. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

This is such a familiar phrase that she should have it tattooed on her wrist, or maybe over her heart. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Dad stopped his dance and put his hat over his heart. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But we sit down, hoping that some music will reset our hearts. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the garments of these two evil men—time-stamped, yes, with the fashions of the Prophet’s time—encased hardened hearts. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I could hear my heart pounding as I glanced up at the audience. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was the genuine tone in Esther’s voice that made the phrase finally begin to sink into my mind and heart. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I followed her, my heart drumming loud enough to drown out all thought. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His heart beat out a heavy rhythm and the melody of the maybe pearl shrilled in his ears. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in my seat, staring straight ahead, my heart pounding. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My heart started jumping around in my stomach as soon as I reached out for the shotgun. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I wish I could say my heart soared at the sight of it but it didn’t. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was given drugs to stop her blood from clotting and to control her blood pressure, treatment that Woodhull officials say is standard for the type of heart attack she was having. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Choosing a Spouse There are two approaches to love—through the heart and through the head. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a fast-beating heart, she turned to him and said, “Will...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We ask that Jehovah look into his heart, see the goodness there. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I still felt an inner conflict between my head and my heart. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bill Galvin says his poor wife that just died was a Catholic and she had the walls covered with pictures of the Sacred Heart and the Virgin Mary showing their hearts. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Even then, his heart remained weak, and he had to retire early from his top-secret job at the NSA. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hang on with my heart beating so hard, it makes my face hot. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She heads to her left, making directly for him, and Werner’s heart twists in his chest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I can feel my cousin’s heart through his back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ah, young sir, the Szekelys—and the Dracula as their heart’s blood, their brains, and their swords—can boast a record that mushroom growths like the Hapsburgs and the Romanoffs can never reach. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I would be valiant, open-handed, frank, and pure of heart, courteous — the soul of chivalry. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

But when she could see the line of carriages waiting to drive up to the palace doors, her heart sank, for she could not see hers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the heart of the citadel, Sarai returned to her room. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He tucks his head in the crook of my neck and sniffs, and my heart beats in triple time. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“And I you, husband of my heart,” I said, contented again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I could feel his heart beating, but it beat only twice, very slowly, loud and hollow like the waves on the beach, and then no more. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The impact of this feat on the Dufarges was so acute that their hearts literally burst, and they dropped dead at the Laughing Man’s feet. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She gave me a soft little smile, and my heart wobbled off its axis. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His heart rattled against his ribs as he ripped open the door to the old closet and barreled up its narrow steps, on edge. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His heart seemed to have left his chest to pound in his throat. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Her heart beat as quickly as a battle drum, but she knew she had no other answer. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The walls are made of stone, and the ceiling slopes, so I feel like I am descending deep into the heart of the earth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“The deviation from that line of politics on which we had been united has not made me less sensible of the rectitude of his heart: and I wished him to know this.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was uncomfortably warm, like a beating heart. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He felt his heart pumping, adrenaline rocking his body. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I hated her for her weakness, for having a heart to break. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My heart races with guilt as the lies spill out of my mouth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Majesty,” Minli breathed, and her knees could feel the thumping of her heart in her chest. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I see him nearly every hour of the day and yet I can’t be with him, I can’t let the others notice, and I have to pretend to be cheerful, though my heart is aching. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My palms got all sweaty and my heart beat fast, and I told myself I was just excited. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I hastily made the sign of the cross over my heart, called on Saint Giles to protect me, and with trembling fingers took up the recorder and began to play. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard enough for Joaquin to keep himself together, keep his heart and mind above water in a tide that wanted only to drown him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The nagging pain was strong beneath my heart. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry couldn’t take the tension; he left the room and went and sat on the stairs in the hall, his eyes on his watch and his heart pumping fast from excitement and nerves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I wake abruptly, my breath jagged and heart racing, my mouth stale, and I know immediately that’s it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And my third wife is of the heart clan,” said another man. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“My sweet grandchild, my heart,” a feminine voice said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“And you have to know it in here,” she adds, dramatically putting a hand over her heart. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

For the moment we stand amazed at having created a tool that can peer directly into the blazing heart of the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What about your dad? He had a change of heart, right?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I watched closely, my heart kicking as if I was already out there. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Two years ago Naheed had come home from elementary school and announced she was going to be a heart surgeon when she grew up. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

To act with your heart is a dangerous thing. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her heart began knocking at her chest like a fist at a door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They stood still and listened, but all they could hear was the thump-thump of their own hearts. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He felt forward with his right hand and found himself touching the man’s chest, where the heart was beating like a bird against the bars of a cage. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung stood sullen and immoveable, conscious of his fault but angry to the bottom of his heart against this man who was his uncle. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“You know the saying, Horatio, that the friend in need is a friend indeed. Be Hamlet’s friend. And always be wary of Claudius. Your good heart is but a slight shield against his great wickedness.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The letter, after expressing gratitude to the townspeople for having opened their “homes and hearts” to the bereaved family, turned into a plea. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she heads into the house, she turns to Mom and says softly, “Miz Melody here has always had a special place in my heart.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The children jumped up onto the truck and swarmed like ants all over the giant peach, eating and eating to their hearts’ content. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

My legs throbbed, or rather the insides of my thighs throbbed, with the same force that Mr. Freeman’s heart had beaten. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women worried that she was having a heart attack. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds so loudly I am sure others can hear it as my feet come to a complete stop. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mother felt a tiny heartbeat—actually she saw his heart beating through a thin film of skin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The things the priest had said made my heart feel like a city under siege. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was one special fellow’s music that made her heart shrink up every time she heard it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Last time I had been there, I practically had to donate blood to get a candy heart. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The last is most likely, if you ride to his door with a light heart,’ said Gandalf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The woman put her hands to her head, tears flooded from her eyes, and she flung herself full-length on the grass, weeping with a passion that touched Malcolm’s heart with fear. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

After that I shut my eyes and my teeth and prepared to drive the dagger into my heart. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

As he walked he forgot his pain; his heart began to beat quickly, and he felt an incredible joy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her skirt to see her underwear, covered in tiny red hearts. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“To reverse the leanings of the heart. Ancient family wisdom.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’ll see, my friend,” she said lightly, even though her heart was hammering in her chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Slowly, her pounding heart slowed, but Polly knew they were probably still in grave danger. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of her heart trying to bust right out of her chest was all she could hear. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You already are, Piscine—in your heart. Whoever meets Christ in good faith is a Christian. Here in Munnar you met Christ.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I also kept thinking that I didn’t want to get my heart broken. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a time when my heart would play jump rope when I saw him crossing over to our house. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I stare at my heart and slowly inhale, slowly exhale. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

But now it had been weeks since they had seen each other, and Ash wondered, her heart sinking, if it had been the last time. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I study the heart, the ventricles, the arteries, the bones, the liver, the kidneys, the spleen, the lungs, the blood that runs through the veins. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His heart was pounding uncomfortably in his throat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It was the product you were selling. And what you produced was not love. It was fake love. You defrauded us. It’s clear. Your heart rates no longer rise when you see each other.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But it was Kaisha’s delivery, so nervous and sincere, that broke Moss’s heart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I ducked through the nearest door, my heart pounding. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pax felt a strange sensation—as if his chest were no longer large enough for his heart. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He never recovered from his injuries, and shortly after Christmas that year he died of heart failure at the age of thirty-four, leaving Marian’s mother to raise their three girls. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I was alone, with a stranger, inside the walls of a dark palace, in a strange snow-changed city, in the heart of the Ice Age of an alien world. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Valerie said, clutching her heart; her hearing wasn’t what it once was. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And that's all I ask of you: to reach into your hearts and minds and bring forth that measure of justice. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just catching a policeman’s attention might well cause a black person’s heart to skip a beat. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“If you have your heart set on it, that’s absolutely okay, but you have to know that you’re also deciding to give up all this gymnastics stuff.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My heart started beating in time with the windshield wipers, only twice as fast. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel the pulsating beat of my heart behind my eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Regardless, I hope my video gives them heart palpitations. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The older man explained that he was in bad health—working in the tobacco factory had ruined his lungs and heart. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart’s yearning.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Singing and listening to music makes my heart happy and hopeful. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, her heart attack seemed to have shaken loose a host of other problems. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“His heart is warm? Is that why he went to the doctor today?” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

My heart beat so loudly I couldn’t think. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But then she would picture Joaquin as a baby, waiting for someone, a family, a person, and that terrible feeling would push its way past her heart and into her throat, choking her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His heart beats and his eyelids blink and he breathes and his kidneys process toxins and he talks, and all of it utterly involuntary. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Flora’s heart leaped up high in her chest. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The thought of it weighed upon Gherland’s heart, like a stone. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I can’t listen to your heart very well through the sweatshirt.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I have no heart. I only have a hole. I’ve killed lots of people. I could kill you if I wanted.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But now I’d cry, “Petel, because I love him with all my heart and all my soul. I surrender myself completely!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Ranee prayed to her gods, hoping that their gifted daughter, the sweet "Mishti" of her father's heart, would find someone else. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was not large and overwhelming now, but secret and poisonous, and the pounding of his heart gave it undertone and rhythm. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

They loved this dog in proportion to its size, and soon their hearts had no room for anyone else. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Jane’s temper was not desponding, and she was gradually led to hope, though the diffidence of affection sometimes overcame the hope, that Bingley would return to Netherfield and answer every wish of her heart. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Now his body felt like a body with its hearts cut out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Hi. I’m from Arkansas, the cantaloupe state. And tonight, I hope you will hold my melons close to your heart and vote me your Miss Teen Dream.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Goldman wasn’t much interested in physics, but it struck him that some of the same mathematical principles the group was using might be helpful in deciding whether someone was suffering a heart attack. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She said Oscar was a bulldog's name and she had her heart set on naming him that. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The creature has a maker, a boy with nimble fingers and a tender heart. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Though I am sad and many days wish I am dead, my heart continues to beat with life. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun seemed to warm her heart and joy bubbled inside of her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

My heart palpitated in the sickness of fear, and I hurried on with irregular steps, not daring to look about me: Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And my heart is pounding in my breast. Isn’t there something you could drop to make yourself lighter?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her heart and her legs have brought her to this new place. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Imagine you’ve got a heart that spends all day wanting more. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At his doctor’s suggestion, Miele enrolled in a three- month monitored exercise program for heart disease patients, called cardiac rehab, which has been shown to reduce the mortality rate among heart patients by 20 percent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t use them as an example to put fresh heart in his troops. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was so close I was sure he could hear my heart pounding. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Only the Lord knows her heart, only...” he trailed off. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is the thing that melts my heart the most. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And something about his honesty broke my heart. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You have a point, Louis. But some men are friends with the whole world in their hearts, and there are others that hate themselves and spread their hatred around like butter on hot bread.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she raised her hands and waved them grandly, and we began a medley of American folk songs—which are supposed to make your heart swell patriotically. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was impossible that these two whose hearts were on fire should be kept apart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stationed ourselves on the porch in front of the office, for something like two hours of anguish and hunger, waiting for a change of heart. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dany was flushed and breathless, her heart fluttering in her chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I guess if we have to wait for the eye of newt and heart of toad to present themselves, we might as well get comfortable. What’d you bring?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, it never occurred to me before that indigenous culture might be the heart of this city, maybe even the heart of the entire province of Imbabura. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With all my heart. I am really tired of exploring so long on one spot. Come, Jane, take my other arm.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Had he thrown a clot that had lodged in his heart? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margo walked over to him, tiptoeing, and I stood behind her, my heart pounding. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then Furlough stood up on his hind legs and placed his right paw over his heart. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Something about the scent made her close the door hurriedly, her heart beating hard enough to thump against her ribs. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The pain of his refusal was visual, for over her heart, curled like a shell, was the hand on which he had positioned the ring. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is still racing, but as it slows, it slows in pace with hers. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding, my lungs burned, and in my side there was a continuous stabbing pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drifted along with the grannies, pulling his oar slowly through the inky water while his heart raced like a speedboat motor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I wondered what would happen if all of a sudden Phoebe’s heart beat itself out like the rabbit’s, and she fell down and died right there at school. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

If Shirley did not understand every word, she took its meaning to heart. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The teacher put aside the day’s lesson plan, and we all asked questions to our hearts’ content. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes, the doctor said it was his heart, but I believe he was poisoned,” Clay said ominously. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If his heart stopped beating, Jonathan wondered, would they stop too? The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the closed door, my lungs heaving up and down as I struggle to catch my breath, everything silent except for the hiss of my oxygen and the pounding of my heart. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Ma gave that smile that always turned in my heart a little. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when I figured out the key to Capricorn’s heart, so I could do what needed to be done for his own good. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She didn’t respond, her heart pounding in triple time as she made her way to the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She knew in her heart it was true. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He checked Derek one more time, made certain his breathing was regular and his heart was beating steadily, and then moved off down the side of the lake, looking for wood. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart beating so quickly, every sense sharpened. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Second he’s gone, I can feel my heart again. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Architecture, in those dark ages of theirs, was such a light-giving passion of the heart that men gave love-names to their fortresses. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody was singing something about ‘Hold on my heart’ or something like that. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The young dog belonged, in every sense of the word, heart and soul to their father, who had trained him since puppyhood for hunting. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The owl held a heart, and on it I wrote, “You’re a hoot” in my neatest cursive, but really, she wasn’t all that funny. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

His heart pattered beneath her cheek, and she remembered the warmth of his skin, the raised ridges of his scars touching her chin and the corner of her mouth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

If you look in my heart, you will see some pain. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he hit the rotunda, his heart was pounding against his ribs. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

My heart is beating out of my chest. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

To be fair, she also asked about my math lessons with Mr. Harding and painted my nails and listened to the Buddy Holly album with me until we both knew all the words by heart. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re not talking about the real heart, the one that only needs healthy foods and aerobic exercise. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The feeling of that moment stung like fire in my heart. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Buttercup’s heart bucked, but she still held to fancy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

All three women knew, with sinking hearts, that they were going to run out of fuel in the middle of the Siberian wilderness. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Thomas clamped his hands to his ears, looking around as the siren blared, his heart about to thump its way out of his chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She saw Grief and Trouble ahead, and secretly, in her heart of hearts, she rejoiced. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have seen your heart, and it is mine.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then, with a lurching heart, I realized what it was: a dead man swinging from a crossroads gallows. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His brain braced itself for certain disappointment, but his heart was ready to be evacuated of all previous sadness and make plenty of room for everything to be good, and real, and safe. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She kind a laugh and it hurts my heart. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I took Gran’s initial resting heart rate, counting a total of thirty-four beats for thirty seconds, and scribbled sixty-eight in my notebook. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His heart picked up speed as she flipped past the cover page, skimming the paragraphs. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“You must remember that the heart is a muscle, too, and it can get as stressed as the others.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The port band sent soldiers off with “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “Carolina in My Mind,” “La Marseillaise”—the melodies of a hundred different hearts and hometowns. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“You have a loving heart. I see that. More woman than child.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Male Voice: Is there a history of asthma or heart trouble? Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches over and squeezes Mom’s hand, which makes my own heart squeeze. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Often from the goodness of his heart Baap would write the letter for only a rupee or two. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When we get home, I call Elizabeth’s house, my heart pounding, but Elizabeth picks up the ;phone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There's the boy from up the road with the hole in his heart. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Something nagged at him, poked his heart, but he pushed it aside for the moment. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m already going crazy and no one has the heart to tell me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miracles, which you wanted to do so long ago, can only be done by the pure in heart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart was heavy, and he had been melancholy since the previous night. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm’s heart was beating so hard he could hardly stand up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Shadows will bloom in your heart, and you will become everything you hate. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Sit quietly, listen to your teachers, and study with all your heart,” she said, holding my hands tightly inside hers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Please,” Mark whispered over the thumping of his icy heart. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was no excitement, no galloping of blood in his neck or his heart at the thought of her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A soldier leads another man to the edge of the hole—my heart howls with agony. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart takes off—*FWOOOM*—like the hooves of a dozen horses thumping against the dirt of a derby track. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The University and Imre are the hearts of understanding and art, the strongest of the four corners of civilization. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Does your heart good to see somebody do their duty.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeeze my eyes shut to slow my heart. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But to call me a guest in the only place I ever belonged—the word cut like a jagged stone against my heart. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The man blew the candle out and the darkness descended and the man’s hand closed more tightly around Despereaux and Despereaux felt his beleaguered heart start up a crazy rhythm of fear. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“This, I should think, is considerably colder. The heart of the house.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

And in Ged's heart a cold shame settled also and would not be dislodged, as he thought always how he had faced his enemy and been defeated and had run. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Can you also help me get rid of all the hate in my heart? Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Would he realize right away that I was no longer hidden in his parents’ closet, using his queen of hearts to mark my place in The Swiss Family Robinson? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

My heart went from sprinting to a standstill. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The way he looked at me made my heart ache. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The image of her looking more and more lovely every day made my heart tighten in my chest and I had a moment of sisterly, almost maternal, pride. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Despite himself he knew where she lived and which car she drove and when he saw her husband, Kabuo Miyamoto, he felt something tighten around his heart. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ve always given me a free hand with your investments and trusted me to have your best interests at heart.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horatio’s words filled my veins with sorrow and touched my heart like the quickest poison, bringing blackness like the oblivion of death. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was the sound someone makes when they’ve been stabbed in the heart. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In my mind’s eye, I see Keav breathing deeply and trying to fill the void in her heart. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to my heart beating fast, my lungs felt very swampy. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to say that only I can know if I visited Beyond, that in my heart I should know the answer already.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

My heart dances with hope, but I suppress it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept urging Minnie to talk with Walter when he got home, but it was clear she didn't have the heart for that. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He decided right then and there he wanted to be a doctor, though not a heart surgeon because, he thought, “Ooh, the heart’s gross.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nothing would force him to admit that his heart had jumped. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s talking to Hideo, I realize, and my heart leaps into my throat in panic at the thought that he might see me right now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

While her heart remained with the work of the women’s movement, Susan B. Anthony needed to find a way to support herself. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I called, my heart beating faster than I cared to admit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Seven’s old-lady heart fluttered, and they made their way to the lower level of the hall, shuffling along as other Ravenskillians began to arrive. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And there’s a quiet companionship between them that makes my heart ache for Nan. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He has a good heart. He’s always been there for me.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was in The Crisis that many of the stories, poems, and visual creations of those who were at the heart of the Harlem Renaissance were published. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I watch the swans until they start spreading their wings and my heart goes heavy inside my chest. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you know I’m a VIP here? I get free ice cream, free coleslaw, free arrests, and all the free gold spray-painted rocks my heart could ever desire.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He felt his heart beating so hard that its pulse pounded in his throat and ears. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I then indicated that other commentaries had offered different explanations, and I cited them by heart because they were not found in the Talmud edition the class used. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He found her heart and felt its steadiness. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

For an instant, I see myself in the dark pool of her eyes—my heart stopped, my face lifeless. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She pulled open the door to reveal two officers of the BladeGuard, just as there had been that terrible night, and her heart sank. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“If you have the heart to think so,” returned Biddy, “say so. Say so over and over again, if you have the heart to think so.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

That kind of electricity might have stopped their hearts. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“There was no sleep for us until we heard the welcome sound of rain against our windows. How our hearts did rise in thankfulness to heaven for rain!” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and felt the voice of his sister-in-law wind around his heart like a ribbon. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Good Jesus, Whose loving heart was ever troubled by the sorrows of others, look with pity on the soul of our dear one in Purgatory. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The heart is all that matters. Do not despair, Lord Snow. Despair is a weapon of the enemy, whose name may not be spoken. Your sister is not lost to you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Early on, she settled on heart attacks— events with a known cause and a quick dramatic arc—as a way of illustrating how illness plays out differently in different classes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s been injured by human hands, so it will be wary. But don’t be fooled by its meekness. Its heart is pure evil. There is no humanity left in him.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mobility is the promise that lies at the heart of the American dream. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

So completely silent my heart leaps in my chest, then falls straight down to my stomach. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Something deeper—like the voice inside my head, the thought before my word, the rest before the beat of my heart. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Doublethink lies at the very heart of Ingsoc, since the essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I think you have studied the heart already. I think you will go on studying the heart, Annabelle, no matter what you do.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I looked around the room at all the different faces, and I felt my heart swell up inside me with pure happiness. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pull up to the structure where the ball apparently lives—in a kind of barnlike shed—and knock on the door, my heart beating fast. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Well, my heart goes out to any child living in that house," his grandma said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

His tiny heart was beating out a message that felt like I promise, I promise, I promise. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding so hard that my chest felt like it had stopped pumping blood and was pushing those red beads I put in Maddy's hair through my veins instead. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compared to the one in my heart. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

So it hurt my heart when I found out what they had done. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The royal apartments were in Maegor's Holdfast, a massive Square fortress that nestled in the heart of the Red Keep behind walls twelve feet thick and a dry moat lined with iron spikes, a castle-within-a-castle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Last of all what sea-toil brought him to the Phaiakians; their welcome; how they took him to their hearts and gave him passage to his own dear island with gifts of garments, gold and bronze . The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The point of all of this is to answer two simple questions that lie at the heart of what we would all like to accomplish as educators, parents, marketers, business people, and policymakers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was only a death reflex, but she gasped, and her own heart jumped. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abigail decided to write a letter of consolation, explaining that “reasons of various kinds witheld my pen, until the powerful feelings of my heart, have burst through the restraint.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep very still, but my heart felt like crickets scratching to get out of a cage. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the world called to the heart, which stammered to reply; life, and love, and revelry, and, most falsely, hope, called the forgetful, the human heart. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was a big, genuine smile, and it made Seven’s heart feel full. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She plays with more heart than she used to, and heart can't be taught. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He touched their hands and eyes and hearts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I started to talk to her, to finally unburden my heart of some of the things I’d been fretting about. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir,” I say solemnly, but my heart is swelling with joy. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She kept a scrapbook with the obituaries of all the doctors she outlived and could recite the list of names by heart, like a chapter out of Genesis. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The heart swells at the magnificence,” Buttercup’s father muttered very loudly. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But of course it was just a tale. Anyhow, about witches. But it’s absolutely true that if anybody eats it, his heart will stop in a day.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She’ll break your heart ” The evening was too fresh in my memory for me to pay much heed to Deoch’s warning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But instead I continue looking around, my heart beating faster now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The doc’s a short man, round belly, don’t seem to practice what he preaches about eating right, but he’s got a kind heart, and he lays out some newspapers on his kitchen table. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the city, Nok wound her way from the quiet neighborhood of the gym into the gritty heart of downtown. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

"So. There is your choice. The Night's Watch"—he reached inside the deer, ripped out its heart, and held it in his fist, red and dripping—"or this." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As for me my only hope is for eternal nothingness and I hope it with all my heart. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had begun to love her, to love more than just her beauty and grace, and when he saw that in their hearts they shared the same dream he felt a great certainty about her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And Tom had cut Mollie’s tongue with his pocketknife and died in his heart when he realized his courage. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked up, my heart crawled into my throat. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There came a sudden pause, and Jemmy's heart began to thump. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

But if I can save them a heart attack or two, I will. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His heart was still beating from the rush of the experience, like he’d just relived it for real. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Even though she was kidding, I could tell that the reason she didn’t beat Andrew was because she’d had a genuine change of heart on the matter. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My heart races as I realize that I can’t answer his question. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I have the passion of cooking, pickling, curing salamis, sausage, making wine in the fall. This is my life. I do this with my friends. It’s to my heart.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He tries the doorknob and I watch it jiggle, feeling my heart whapping against my ribs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Statistically speaking, a black woman living in the United States is most likely to die at the age of seventy-eight from heart disease.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Chaol’s heart pounded wildly, but he could do nothing to help her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He takes his turn at the podium and recites the “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” speech from Macbeth, the only lines of poetry he will know by heart for the rest of his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello from New Mexico, Land of Enchantment. Were the forty-seventh state, but I want to be number one in your hearts tonight!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They were the heart of the matter,- there were more than twenty of them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel and Jack spent the rest of the day sitting in the second floor of their house talking about supervillains and the secrets in their villain-y hearts. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind, my heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Aye, uncle, and every man kens fine how you have tried. But that dinna alter the truth, that we both desire at heart she may come safe.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long ragged tails streamed behind them like flickering flames, and in place of a lord's sigil they bore the device of a god: the burning heart of the Lord of Light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On an impulse, Francie picked up a plate and held it over her heart the way Johnny held his hat when he sang. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Astonished, gaping after the birds, the men felt their hearts flood, foreboding things to come. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he passed like cold smoke through her arms, and though she felt his little hand clutch at her heart, it had no strength to hold on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” Mark said, his heart thumping, his nerves on edge. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I ducked in and leaned my back against the chalkboard with my heart pounding and sweat trickling down my neck. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I'll keep him going for a day or two, and then the infection will reach his heart or his brain or his lungs and he'll be gone. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The rain stops falling, the fire stops burning, my heart stops beating. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Many months would pass, and countless surgeries on his heart and lungs would be performed, before Shawn and Emily would bring home the little twig of flesh that I was told was my nephew. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t ten feet away, yet my heart didn’t skip a beat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet go forward and her heart ba-bamps as she walks along a wooded trail. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My forehead was damp and my heart thumped heavily. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is trying to escape my body through my chest. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “I bet this will break your old grandpa’s heart.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was breathing faster, and he could feel the fear surge over him with each beat of his heart. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

My heart leaped at the longing so soon fulfilled by mere wishing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The reality of the dreadful decision he’d made earlier squeezed his heart like a crushing fist. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

What she needed to do was to tell my heart to stop doing its little dance when she came around and get her voice out my ear when I went to sleep at night. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Paper hearts on the walls have faded and fallen to the ground. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they were like the modem ones, which say that Still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled, watching her, and felt a great tenderness fill his heart. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She knew their orders by heart now; Ana and Joaquin hadn’t seen a menu in three months. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I waited, my heart beating faster, the way it had when my mother dropped me off for the first time at a boarding school. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding, but I tried to stay as steady as I could. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She never hits or lands; she falls and falls, and I wake with my heart pounding and gravity cut from under me, as in an elevator plummeting out of control. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Bear made the sign of the cross over his heart, I said, “How did you know?” not sure which surprised me more, that he had known or that he hadn’t told me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was no one on the fencing team at Duke who had my best interests at heart, and Josh didn’t believe I was serious. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s sad, all right,” I said to my uncle, successfully quelling the wave of grief that surged up from my heart. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But all the celebrating felt like a distant world I couldn’t fully be a part of because of the gaping hole where my heart used to be. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I looked to where she was pointing, up to the left, out in a field, and my heart sank. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My muscles, my heart, and everything else inside clenched up, like they all jumped and huddled together for support. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Harry felt the Horcrux beating fast, faster than his own heart: It was an unpleasant, agitating sensation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We keep walking, our hearts growing heavier with every person we recognize. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She stared up at the star with her good eye and her blue-milk eye, and she said, "I came to fetch your heart back with me." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of my first day at school, when my heart had thumped in my chest. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

His heart was thumping so hard, he was afraid the intruder might hear it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life had made the plot over and over again, to the extent that I knew it by heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I picture her in a front-row seat, scribbling reviews that make or break the shows, vanishing at intermission while the actors' hearts break. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“That actually hurt me in my heart. Y’all so country. Man, do we have some work to do.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then I take his hand, the one that gave me his heart, and kiss it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was so agonizing, I thought, seriously, that my heart would stop. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Despereaux’s small heart sank all the way to the tip of his tail. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Ah yes,” Gramps said, placing his hand on his heart and pretending to swoon, “Gloria!” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Minli’s thoughts bubbled faster and faster like boiling rice; every step she took seemed to throb and Minli wasn’t sure if the pounding was her heart or Wu Kang’s axe in the distance. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something about all of this that swirls inside Axel’s very head, and his heart too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It seared my heart and soul when we had to go back to Little Rock again. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her valentine hairline, the heart in her ribs and all the ones on her sleeves twinkled like the pinchers of the crab in the sky. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My grandmother once told me, “You can always trust a redhead. They sometimes have mean tempers, to be sure, but they’ve usually got good hearts.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I was glad they had done this before, because my heart felt like it had grown feet and was trying to run away from my body. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My heart sunk down to my toes and leaked all over the rug. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was being vague, but she wasn’t yet ready to speak the dream that had ignited in her heart—a crew of her own, a ship under her command, a crusade. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As they listened to his stories, everybody knew that this was a hunter whose heart was stronger and harder than any other’s in that part of the country. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The cause of death was recorded as “heart failure,” according to documents at the church cemetery where the baby was buried. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And he said those words because he sensed that it was the only way to save his own heart, to stop it from breaking in two. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

My heart is racing and my hand starts to sweat in his hand. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She could not hear anything but the sounds of her own breath, heart, and blood—all so loud that she wouldn’t have heard a semitruck behind her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

This was the time for him to cut his way out of the pumpkin and find the elephant’s heart. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And maybe the knowledge that she was playing him broke his heart as well as his mind. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

So Satchmo tipped off the street and onto the sidewalk, then off the sidewalk and into the yard of Brutus Adams, a basketball-headed rottweiler, black, with a heart of brown around his mouth. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

This had nothing to do with fashion or style; it was a political issue that went to the heart of his identity, something he’d never compromised about. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That way the heart would continue to beat and pump out the blood. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I inhale deeply, trying to appear calm even though my heart thumps wildly as I walk up the steps to the stage, where Imam Malik is standing. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I was joining in our conversation, but keeping an eye on Tommy, who I noticed was right at the heart of the game. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left the job that following Saturday, not telling them that I would not be back, not possessing the heart to say good-bye. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding, but I consoled myself with the knowledge that pretty soon I wouldn’t have to deal with Andy. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The tray shook as I held it; the water spilt from the glass; my heart struck my ribs loud and fast. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I touched my heart to be sure the medal still hung there. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read somewhere in India there are priests who can will their heart to stop beating. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She claimed that white men carried in their hearts a secret lust for pure young Japanese girls. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I finally saw them, my heart started racing. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I swear I could actually see my heart thumping in my chest beneath my sweater. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As we near the heart of Tokyo, the streets turn crowded, until the sea of people jamming the sidewalks makes Times Square look empty by comparison. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“To bring a gift, for the queen of my heart.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Moss concentrated on the dishes as his heart began to race again, as the thought of texting Javier to confirm their first date sent an electricity through him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I reasoned that a pig’s organs included the lungs, heart and liver, so if Mrs. Cullinan was walking around without those essentials, it explained why she drank alcohol out of unmarked bottles. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both had electrodes and sensors clipped to their fingers and ears, which measured things like their heart rate, how much they were sweating, and the temperature of their skin. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“And quite a long story. I suppose the real reason Ginny Weasley’s like this is because she opened her heart and spilled all her secrets to an invisible stranger.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The bodyguard rarely had time to visit since El Patron’s heart operation. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only one customer had complained that he believed the blanket made his heart pacemaker malfunction, but there was no injury and no lawsuit. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you go straight down to your heart....Then across....No, this side first.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had stared at him in disbelief, angry that he assumed she hadn’t broken any hearts yet, and at the same time flattered. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And no God, in any heart on this earth, was ever more on the lookout for human failing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t realize there are earthquakes and tsunamis and volcanic eruptions destroying my brain and my heart and my soul. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My heart reacted; even though he couldn’t hear my thoughts, my pulse always gave me away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Towards morning she muttered, “Lawd, you know mah heart. Ah done de best Ah could do. De rest is left to you.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

For a moment Horace stood with his hands linked across his belly and debated silently the merits of opening the deceased man’s chest so as to get at the evidence in the heart and lungs. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two, the Anne Frank quote you see as you leave this somber memorial: “Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wake up with my heart beating fast, not like flying, kind of like a roller coaster. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They crept to the door and Hannah could feel her heart thudding madly. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second group, the people who were acting, showed the same physiological responses, the same heightened heart rate and body temperature, as the first group. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow you can do some pull-ups. But today, stay off the leg and keep it elevated—above your heart is best.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The white cloud with the red heart is moving. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes in a languorous ecstasy and waited—waited with beating heart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He understood how grief can twist a heart, how passions drive good men to folly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Robin wished with all his heart that he could go into the water and swim, too. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

And the way he said it—Chess’s heart squeezed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Monday morning my heart jumps to see the minivan in the driveway next door when I wake up. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your heart is a stone, Capricorn, a black stone with about as much human sympathy as a lump of coal, and you are very, very proud of that.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Suffering from an enlarged heart and inflammatory rheumatism, he nevertheless continued to plow his fields the old-fashioned way—behind a team of mules. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“This part is very important. These are the Commandments. You must know them by heart.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Mama hung up and placed a hand over her heart. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

If Biddy got two peoples that care about her and what happen to her, then she ain’t no heart orphan no more. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was like all the blood in her body rushed to her heart, all at once. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Unrequited lovers were told how to win over indifferent hearts, and the poor left with foolproof tips on how to place their money at the dog track. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam tells us,That’s the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and I want to know why the man’s heart is on fire and why doesn’t He throw water on it? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I always believed any sin was easily rectified if only you let Jesus Christ into your heart, but here it gets complicated. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have things in my skull. I need help getting them out of there. Before they eat my brain and start heading for my heart.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Some lynch mobs actually forced an entire black community to attend a lynching as a means of instilling fear in their hearts or making members of that community leave the region. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

My heart rate still feels elevated; my chest, still pained. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My photonic heart beat, pushing my glittering blood through my glowing veins. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But he’d given what was left of his broken heart to the cause. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The size of him almost made her gasp, and she had to drop her gaze, her heart hammering away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Standing there in my thin robe with my stinging skin and heart, I know I can’t bear even one more look of regret. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I found myself holding my breath, my heart thumping in my ears. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

My words weren’t polished, and I’d never be as eloquent as my husband, but I spoke from the heart. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She only listened, and in her heart she prayed for him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Each evening, at dinner, she allowed herself one glass of wine—red, which the news said was most beneficial for your heart—a faint scratch in the wineglass marking the right level to pour. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say slowly, remembering the squeezing of my heart that I’d willfully ignored. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Its sweetness comes from the seeds at the heart of the chinchontle plant. It is a sedative more potent than any sleeping pill you can buy at a farmacia.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I even cross my heart to prove it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Between the head line and heart line in my right palm, she said, I have the mystic cross. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think she’d seen him, but his heart raced as he ran back to his uncle’s house and returned to his room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There in the yard, looking into the heart of the fire, Omakayas suddenly experienced a strange awareness. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And because of this, he was more kind to her and he bought her special food and delicate soups made of white fish and the hearts of young cabbages. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But it also may be that under the right circumstances, the demon wins the heart of the most steadfast soul, and the nemesis always becomes a lover. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Galley even gave me another candy heart. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat there quietly, trying to listen to my heart, to make the right decision. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was thumping so loudly that I thought he would be able to hear it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Lancelot looked at him in genuine amazement His heart was like Arthur’s. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, you dream of hearing only the beating of your own heart, but this has never been the case. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

My heart beat so fast I thought my chest was going to explode. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Thoughts of Chuck flooded him again, replacing the crazy woman, deadening his heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“So I crossed my heart and hoped to die,” Beck told me good-naturedly as we stood in the blowing snow and waning light. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Francie believed with all her heart that the altar was Calvary and that again Jesus was offered up as a sacrifice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tears didn’t soothe my heart as they usually did. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lunelle pressed her fingers to Mary’s heart, then kissed each one of them in a slow, deliberate way, a way that brought tears to my eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A current of love rushed from his heart, and the boy began to pray. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fresh morning air hit my lungs like a blow to the chest, and I pressed a fist against my heart as if to stop the pain from killing me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Some of them, those in a better economic position, attempted to win her heart by bribing her daughter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For that brief moment my heart lifts and I almost feel happy. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was silent for a moment, probably listening to the suddenly uneven pounding of my heart. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She has a woman's heart and finds it in her to cherish even you, and I have no wish to cause her pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“How will you feel then, Frank? An old lady’s heart...Pow!” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

From the top of the stairs I had a vantage point into the heart of our home, my mother’s kitchen. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding to beat the band when I saw that it was Sister Redempta. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He would exhort her and he would tell her all that was in his heart and still she was gentle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jennifer forged ahead and I followed, suddenly feeling my heart in my mouth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Crying my heart out, I called my dogs to me and showed them my hands. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her notebook open, and she was drawing a heart around Gregor’s name in bubble letters. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

My heart had accepted the loss, and like my sisters, I too began to move on. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Thing is, I have three hearts. The perfect backup system.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Walking back through the camp, I could feel the cold fingers of doubt squeezing my heart. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart raced when he thought of that. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My own heart plunged and burst against my ears. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blade sliding through his unbuttoned black coat easily, hitting his heart as though it had always been its intended target, the silver handle jutting out just beneath his crimson scarf. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’m wringing my hands, and my heart feels like it’s going to burst in my chest. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

My heart is beating so hard I hear it throbbing in my ears. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

From the sunless dawn until evening the heavy shadow had deepened, and all hearts in the City were oppressed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding as I logged in. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“God help him, God help him,” he kept mumbling till my heart felt wrong hurting him as I’d done. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s trying to find a way to gently break my already broken heart. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he was going to move past them by moving through their very heart. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Terminus is going to have a heart attack.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My heart sinks as my chances of getting out of the competition shrink more than before. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to give Americans the most intimate view possible of Barack and his noble heart. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In these prayers I acknowledged my great unworthiness to my Lord Jesus and searched my heart for every sin to which I could confess. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Although K.D. was counseling me to study law, I had my heart set on being an interpreter or a clerk in the Native Affairs Department. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for my lost pendant, well ... for an instant I'm glad that my mother can't find out about this, because it would break her heart. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Her heart jumped when she received her acceptance letter. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She told me she was going to die, but that she would always be alive In my heart and that I would always have my dad and my dreams. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel my own heart breaking, but I stand firm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Bless your heart. Okay, boys. Let’s do this. The last time we ever go school shopping together, thank the sweet Lord.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Just stone and steps and my heart beating loud in my chest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So, you know, he is the sort of person who eats hearts. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I think I’m having a heart attack—but soon realize the pain comes from missing my family. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have put up with him so long. It’s my kind heart, you see. People have always told me, ‘Beryl, you’re too good for this world. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I folded both bills into the origami hearts we taught the kids how to do at summer camp. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“We wish good fortune for him, too. We believe his heart is strong, like his father’s. Your son is very good boy.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her heart was drumming and her hands were cold. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered my grandfather’s compassionate heart for the poor—how he reached out to them and in Christ’s name met their needs—both spiritual and financial. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The plaintive wail which succeeded the passionate roar went to Meg’s heart, and she ran up to say beseechingly... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, Harry Potter’s well-wishers must hope that, next time, he bestows his heart on a worthier candidate. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her blue eyes glittered, and he wondered at the slight emphasis she put on prince, and why it made his heart skip a beat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But his heart was full of love for the princess and his stomach was full of Cook’s soup and Despereaux felt brave and strong. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He stopped; his voice was breaking, and I do not know if rage or terror predominated in my own heart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Much later, I found out that as soon as the all-around rankings appeared on the Jumbotron, television cameras zoomed in on my mother and sister up in the stands, sobbing their hearts out. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds, like it already knows an answer I can’t face without prompting. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My heart’s beating a thousand miles a hour. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Jaqen danced away from his slash, drew his own sword, drove the man back into a corner with a flurry of blows, and killed him with a thrust to the heart. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Getting left behind probably made his heart feel empty. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He checked out my eyes, took my blood pressure, listened to my heart, then asked my mom to step out of the room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In advanced stages of famine, as the body begins to consume itself, the victim suffers muscle pain, heart disturbances, loss of hair, dizziness, shortness of breath, extreme sensitivity to cold, physical and mental exhaustion. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time Aunty Ifeoma spoke to Papa, my heart stopped, then started again in a hurry. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Four they are, and four traits we seek: Courage to face their darkest fears Cuming to outwit their foes Strength of arms and mind and heart Loyalty to break the soul. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the heart of Tokyo is the secure neighborhood of Mejiro, where a gated estate of luxury quarters house Warcross teams for the duration of the tournament. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I am pouring my whole heart into my work. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart is being squeezed in a big, mean fist. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

With a swift kick, my heart started racing, and just as I returned the inhaler to the table, Maggie appeared in the doorway. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He lifted her down onto his branch and held her tight, and she knew for certain that hers was not the only heart full of light. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My body was heavy with longing, my heart—for the first time—full of hate. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His heart calmed immediately as the scent of minerals filled his nostrils. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Panic made Iros’ heart jump, but the yard-boys hustled and got him belted by main force, though all his blubber quivered now with dread. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretend to be asleep, as my heart starts kicking quietly against my ribs. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He hoped in his heart that he would never be tested. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it in my heart—he had been pursuing someone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

How could his own motoring heart, with its valves and pressure systems, turn out an unknowable thing? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This much have I done,” Taran repeated to himself, and new strength budded in his heart. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the silence I was sure I could hear my heart thumping. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunger, exhaustion, malaria, an infected leg, and now his heart were giving him trouble. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

As the German flag bearer carried the swastika past him, he saluted and then touched his heart with his right hand, as Riefenstahl’s cameras rolled. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were back in the heart of the ruins, in the shadow of the tallest building around. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Their hearts were heavy, remembering the many men that had fallen in battle in this place. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I was sure then: A “code” was when a patient’s heart stopped. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean you just want me to go home when my heart is all filled up with love for you?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But broken hearts wouldn’t help us survive any more than my temper. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And just that fact makes my heart beat in a messed-up way. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Ugwu’s heart jumped in his chest; he looked at the bush by the roadside but it was too thin to hide in. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Odysseus answered not a word, but grimly shook his head over his murderous heart. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Short and stocky, plain-faced, he seemed a decent lad, sober, sensible, dutiful... but not the sort to make a young girl’s heart beat faster. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The laces of the sneakers had a design of hearts on them, red, purple, pink, and yellow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the cracks in his heart grow deeper. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was Walter’s course that was at the heart of all the education on the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No plan to take down the Oakland Police Department would absolve his heart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That hurt me inside my heart some kind of way. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She places her speckled hands over Celia’s heart, and nods solemnly as if to say, “I am here, hija. Speak to me.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room felt hollow and dead, like a body with its hearts cut out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That night in the park Monkeyman had seemed so small, but now, in my mind and in my heart, he has grown. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, all Meggie wanted to do was sleep—if only the pounding of her heart would let her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

With his free hand, he’d squirt the bird’s chest with alcohol, and plunge a syringe needle into the chicken’s heart to draw blood. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

My heart sank even further when it hit me that I had no way to get in touch with Joey, either, who would have been my best ally. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I began to feel the old nagging pain beneath my heart. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then the class mom brought in pink frosted cupcakes and we traded those little candy hearts that said “Hot Baby!” and “Be Mine!” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a heart beating alone in a great dark body. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he put the little card into an envelope so he had to touch it as little as possible, and put the envelope into the inside pocket of his old gardening jacket, beside his heart. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He stepped from the train into the heart of Englewood and took a moment to survey his surroundings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There were moments when he foresaw the things that would happen to him with such actuality that his heart galloped and his breath stopped. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She said it from her heart, understanding that she could not eat another mouthful either, out of remorse for bringing on the death of her adversary. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mary had lovely golden curls, and her candy heart had a poem on it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart thumping in my ears, I recognize it as a butter knife from the dining hall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The boy’s heart began to speak of fear. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only Alkinoos’ daughter stood her ground, being given a bold heart by Athena, and steady knees. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Characteristically, they fawned on those close to teacher’s heart. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might find that his heart had swelled beyond its capacity and sent him out of the world entirely. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

His heart stuttered in his chest, and his mouth was a desert, but he managed to answer. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t the wounds. They say his heart give out.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart relented, weakened by months of dissipation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“If only the heart listen to reason, right?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Aphrodite’s words echoed in her head: No demigod shall heal your heart. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I heard something else: my heart thumping, blood pumping in my ears, the distant tick of the clock in the hallway downstairs. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy from Illinois stared and felt his heart beating and saw movement. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her turquoise eyes glittered as she stared at his hand, and his heart quickened when her gaze rose to his face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And Joseph and Mary loved the child, and when they went back home, they remembered everything that happened and they treasured it in their hearts. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I feel that squeeze of fear on my heart that invades on occasion, whenever “Mom” and “guy” are in the same sentence. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Her heart gave a dreadful leap and then, as dreadfully, seemed to have stopped forever. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

One man, I’m sure, almost had a heart attack from fright! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know, but my heart suddenly hurt for the teacher from across the hall. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Bentley was in deep, a Soviet agent operating quietly in the heart of the world's most powerful country. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The heart was a broad intersection where ravaged avenues had converged in enterprise, now gone. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She told me how much she missed me and how no other girl could take my place in her heart. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The surprising thing was, Omakayas realized later, that although she had no memory of doing so, she had the scissors out of their case and open, the sharp ends pointing at the bear’s heart. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Do you see that, Béene? That is Congo. Not minerals and glittering rocks with no hearts, these things that are traded behind our backs. The Congo is us.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just talk,” I say, my heart rate off the charts. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

You shall have clothing from him, cloak and tunic, and passage where your heart desires to go.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just long enough for the heart of each man to adjust its throb to the downbeat of the other. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pangs of yearning—my heart squeezes as though I have conquered this insurmountable loss myself. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her voice was like ice, and so were her hearts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Amaranta Úrsula was inclined to believe that he was the son of Petra Cotes, of whom she remembered only tales of infamy, and that supposition produced a twinge of horror in her heart. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And he waited, his heart in his mouth, while Victoria Forester's grey eyes stared at him, amused. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I need to study the heart.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack watching Mrs. V carefully open the edges of the box. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

My heart was pumping gallons of blood up to my face. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

With her heart hammering at the surprise attack and her predicament, Warbeak realized that she was completely at the mercy of her captor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She loved his happiness, his little head, his determined heart, his nutty breath. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Even while my heart feels like it’s covered in bruises. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My heart began to beat fast, for I realized it was a buffalo. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back at the roots and thought how I had to show my gramps I had heart. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Otis pressed his forehead to the heart, standing there the longest time of them all, head to heart, like he was filling up his empty tank. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute there, she thought she might choke on the thumping heart that had jumped into her throat, but she had pulled off the transaction like a pro. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pierced my nipple and my mother nearly had a heart attack. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Bleeding hearts, and dry bones of the churchyard, and tears that burn as they fall—all dance together to the music that he make with that smileless mouth of him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

How was the condition of her heart, her lungs? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My eyes grew star bright, my heart flew higher. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sounds of laughter came from the parlor as the cousins and their parents listened to one of the radio shows, and Ophie’s heart burned with the injustice of it all. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I didn't know any Constantin, but I hadn't the heart to say so. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Flora felt her heart lurch inside of her. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The announcement in the paper states that Hector Bowen, better known as Prospero the Enchanter, entertainer and stage magician of great renown, died of heart failure in his home on the fifteenth of March. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I always had my heart set on a dog like Ray,” Frank says, like maybe he didn’t hear Aunt Nancy’s words before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One part of my heart understands her conflict, her uncertainty. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

His heart quickened when he saw he had art later on that week, on Thursday. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

His heart was thumping so hard he couldn't think straight. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Dr. Bates tried to sell her his iron pills and told her straight out that that tea of hers would raise her blood pressure and burst her heart. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words left unsaid were heavier on his heart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And, with it, set off excitedly, his heart laboring, for the level below. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

My heart skipped a beat, and I scrambled to the foot of the bed with the flashlight clutched in both of my shaking hands. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She said to remember Benny with all my heart. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

His heart had been heavy since we came to the town, the second figure spoke, his forefathers were men of the sea, the Márez people, they were conquistadors, men whose freedom was unbounded. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like someone was digging a hole in her and dragging out her heart, and she didn’t know if she could bear the pain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My heart hammering, I picked up the book and backed down the hall. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

‘Look not too far ahead! But go now with good hearts! Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She set aside the heart, and I held it, a tremble running through my body. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Balthamos seized the moment to stumble forward again, and the priest felt himself dragged after him as another brutal pang wrenched his heart. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her heart said, “Even so, but you don’t have to cry about it.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Using the red paper, cut out a small heart about three inches across. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I try to ignore the little flutter in my heart. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the loud thudding of my racing heart, I hear a strange crackling sound. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

But slowly, things returned to status quo: Lindsey had a boyfriend, and Colin had a broken heart and a Theorem to finish. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But, through the strings of the brass cone, the tune sounded even sadder, like a machine with a broken heart - the way Festus might sound if he could sing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And since there was nothing that preyed on Bast’s waking mind in this fashion, there was nothing his heart truly feared. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The company halted, and there was not a heart among them that did not quail, unless it were the heart of Legolas of the Elves, for whom the ghosts of Men have no terror. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My heart went straight through my ribs at the sound. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My chest feels tight, as if my heart has suddenly grown huge. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She is wrapped in warmth that makes her heart slow, her breathing calm. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His heart troubled, the father went to bed. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel myself get lighter; my heart beat faster, and my scalp kind of tingled when I saw her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And in my family, all our hearts seem to have whole different things inside. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart fluttered absurdly, and my cheeks were burning. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Princess Elia was a good woman, Your Grace. She was kind and clever, with a gentle heart and a sweet wit. I know the prince was very fond of her.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With a sinking heart, Penelope read, “It is called The Girls’ Guide to Obedience and Quietness.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And then, when she had cried about her broken heart, Evan had glued every single last piece back together again. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Until a few days ago, Sarai could hardly have said what there was to live for, but now her hearts were full of reasons. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When others spoke they seemed harsh and uncouth by contrast; and if they gainsaid the voice, anger was kindled in the hearts of those under the spell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Right then, I feel as though he sees everything—every hope of my heart, every stray thought I’ve had before falling into an exhausted sleep each dawn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And even though he still acts a little tough and dresses like a fugitive from West Side Story, he is at heart the kind of person your mother wants you to be friends with. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It breaks his heart that his neighbors have ganged up on him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Her heart was beating, and her soul was right up beside her heart. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Shame filled Turner, and his heart beat against his chest so loudly that he imagined it could be heard above the waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As I pushed the different tips onto the page, each left its own mark, either a small smiley face, a heart, an exclamation point, or, my favorite, a pair of puckered lips. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I go from bike to bike, trying to look interested, but my heart isn’t in it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Once, she even thought she saw its pale church tower in a dark fold of the hills, and her heart beat faster though she knew that it couldn't possibly be Capricorn’s church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The old lady did something to my heart. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I stopped gripping the chair, but my heart still goes on thumping hard. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cool air calmed my heated heart Butterflies darted among the daisies and teasing birds sang from their hidden nests. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We often dip into it, and the tough ham sausages, the tins of liver sausages, the conserves, the boxes of cigarettes rejoice our hearts. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was probably the only thing that could have roused the dying embers of Frodo’s heart and will: an attack, an attempt to wrest his treasure from him by force. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Through various inquiries Holmes learned of Minnie’s inheritance and of the fact that it consisted largely of a parcel of property in the heart of Fort Worth, Texas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She turned, and her heart nearly leaped from her chest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My heart has a pair of wings, too—one wing fluttering with excitement because maybe we’ll soon be free! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The simplest would be to harden her heart. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Because you knew that, every single year, Vinny’s heart broke a little when you left. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You must know,” said Estella, condescending to me as a brilliant and beautiful woman might, “that I have no heart,—if that has anything to do with my memory.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t giving me this advice out of the goodness of his heart. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He lodged one at the heart and one at the throat. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, Henry shifted into first, and with a sudden leap that made my heart glad we were clear of the hole. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, we know it by heart,” said George. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t have the heart to tell her that right now we’re having a bit of a crisis. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

My heart was banging as I walked over to the trumpet kids. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart,” said she afterwards to herself. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The brain shoots fear and the heart speeds and the blood pumps. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When you knelt before your heart tree, did they hear you! A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My heart was beating as loud as an airplane engine. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The breath comes sharply into my lungs and I sit up, too quickly, heart racing, head throbbing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You saw what you wished to see. Your heart yearns for your father and your home, so that is what you saw.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Little by little, to make sure his heart doesn’t break, he makes himself immune to the pain of the horse with its “shut eyes underneath the rusty mane.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

In 1896, English surgeon Stephen Paget says that heart surgery is impossible. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When they set out again he was very weak and for all his speeches he’d become more faint of heart than he had been in years. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The boy felt a pang in his heart, thinking about the merchant’s daughter. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew only—and now, looking at his mother, he knew that he could never tell it—that the heart was a fearful place. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The damage to the neighborhood was extraordinary, but there was an odd calm in his heart. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s alright, you gone be fine,” I say and I sound real soothing, real confident, but inside my heart is pounding. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I pictured Miss Lilian creeping about in the dark rooms the way she used to, her mind racing with crazy thoughts, her heart full of hatred for Georgie and me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She knew that had happened in her own heart. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was lost in the staccato thud of his shoes hitting the pavement, the huff of his breath, the metronome of his heart. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My roller-rink necklace—both of us wore them, half of a heart each, with our initials—dangled across my face, a cheap-metal itch. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed to want her opinion—about their burns, their heart tremors, their underweight infants. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I take deep breaths, and I hope I can calm the too-fast beat of my heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The old tight-buttoned fool never realized he was only making Cade out to be a bigger, more martyred hero in the hearts of his classmates. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Polish composer Chopin’s heart was smuggled in a booze jar out of Paris and to a Warsaw church, where it was then stolen by Nazis before being returned. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“She was given away to someone else. That broke his heart. Her name was Black Buffalo Woman. Later, though, Crazy Horse married a woman named Black Shawl.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I knew that deep in her heart, she was the proudest of all mothers because of my work at school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guilt for giving away food swept over her, through her—her heart was filled with it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We crouch tight and hard in the corner, breath panting, hearts hammering. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

His heart pounded at just the thought of it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The sight of the wound would sicken your stomach, and soften your heart. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Open the door to Elijah, child, and invite him in with an open heart.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Buttercup’s, my heart was now a secret garden and the walls were very high. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple smiled reluctantly, and his heart soared on gilded wings. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was also unwell; his heart was strained and his memory was poor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel Pearl’s heart, ever so faintly, beating under her palm. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’d come to outgrow this with the passing of time, and then he passed his evenings reading; sleep had seized him like a dark claw while other boys drank their hearts out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

So hard was her heart by the hero’s body. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

May nodded to June to keep on with the music and took Rosaleen’s hand, pulling her to Our Lady of Chains, so even Rosaleen got to touch Mary’s heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anna went to bed that night with her heart still racing from the excitement of the fair and Holmes’s surprise. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If their loved ones so far away could have seen the crew of Endurance, their hearts would have broken. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

All he could do was again to sit wretched and helpless on the shore, but this time not trying in fury to kill people, only singing mournful love songs to soften the sea nymph’s heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a carpeted hall and I moved down with pounding heart as a dog set up a terrific din within the top apartment. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hardness of the camp, the coldness of the dark night, the death of Dapir, all slam through me like a barrel bomb, ripping my heart to pieces. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He flew back over the stands, the noise of the crowd pounding his eardrums, and came in smoothly to land, his heart lighter than it had been in weeks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could do nothing but watch and feel my heart break in two. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“My wife and sister-in-law have heart trouble and I'll assure you had this horrifying program been fatal to either of them the Columbia Company would have had to answer for it.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I touch my phone in my hoodie pocket, just in case he’s having a heart attack and I have to call 911. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Her hearts raced at the thought, and her palms went clammy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Four of Dufarge’s bullets struck the Laughing Man, two of them through the heart. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The poor bird had been picturing all the fights —almost certainly picturing them quite wrong: nourishing a starved heart on secondhand accounts in secret: wondering whose token was in the place of honour today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here I dressed down the rabbit and fed Frightful some of the more savory bites from a young falcon’s point of view: the liver, the heart, the brain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can feel every pulse of your heart in your fingertips as you look at the calendar hanging over your desk: March 31. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Stowed the box in his breast pocket, next to his heart. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At another moment the voice stretches out the words—the heart cannot contain!—and the voice moves toward pure sound. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could stop your heart, slow your breathing, snap your bones. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Birds fly above us, and they look like they have hearts as wings. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Thomas was surprised at the sudden change of heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, I do have some cow hearts pickling in the basement,” he said, pretending to consider it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My grandpa died of a heart attack when I was too little to remember him, but I think I love him anyway. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou glanced at the great lava wall protecting the heart of the jungle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Five hundred seconds later, his heart was still beating. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He bent down and kissed her very softly and stole out of the room with a beating heart; taking the core of the apple with him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

And even though Axel is getting used to the mystery of Frank being gone, his heart quivers now the same as it had the day he found the index card listing all those promises. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I’d seen fire and desire, and my heart had thumped faster. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“She owes allegiance to none but herself, and won’t balk at putting a knife through your heart.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It starts with the Bots, and then I just let the YouTube gods take me where they will, skipping anything that doesn’t reach that spot right between my heart and my ribs. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We go on into the heart of Times Square. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

All Kendra could think to do was pour her heart out in complete sincerity. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Frank thought his heart might shatter, but he couldn’t blame her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her heart sank as she saw his eyes stop and fix on something: the bookcase behind the desk. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, you ever feel like Javier has invaded your heart and mind?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

By the time we were done, these daisies were strutting their white hearts out in front of The Dump—which didn’t look quite so much like a dump anymore. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It also held a tiny paper with a message: another of Finn’s crooked hearts with the smallest of words written below, “Kids=safe.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Like someone has a fist around my heart, squeezing tight. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I think that you have in your heart the gift of God.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had actually taken the heart out of one guy who had been in an accident and put it in another guy, a dentist. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let my breathing slow a bit and straddled the railing only to have my heart speed up again. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She saw a beach made of ice, and she felt her heart breaking. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“We’ll go home. Keep thinking of your father and of our house. We must keep it alive in our hearts.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Stood by the hearth until I could feel my fingers, if not my heart. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never had any trouble with my heart. Just a little short-winded when I climb the stairs.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jo read it thankfully, but the heavy weight did not seem lifted off her heart, and her face was so full of misery that Laurie asked quickly, “What is it? Is Beth worse?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accidentally make eye contact with a hot guy wearing a tight V-neck shirt, and I look away quickly, but my heart pounds. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“It’ll warm his little heart for once,” he thought, “and if the leaders do get attacked, I suppose we can spare him easier than some.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped with all my heart that it was more than just theater, staged to make this hard thing we had to do seem possible. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

These, although mortal, lived like gods without sorrow of heart, far from toil and pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's been clear to everyone involved in this case that you have taken an interest in these proceedings and have brought your minds and hearts to the testimony. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Widower wanted to use the eunuchs as an iron fist to smash through the heart of the Yunkish defenses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Volkheimer leaps immediately into a squat, his head coming around as the hounds release toward him, and Werner’s heart feels as if it has been blown to pieces in his chest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Then we shall help,” said the bear, and Will’s heart leapt with pleasure. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His heart thudded, because there was a picture of his own mother. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart beats harder, my hands feel cold. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many a slave carried the dream of freedom in his heart because of these words of Jefferson's. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was weeping, but I squeezed back the tears. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The reason my heart is so heavy is that I fear I might never know your name. I could keep thinking of you as Felurian,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That young idealist must be floundering somewhere at this very moment. It will break the girls’ hearts, just as it’s breaking mine. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my heart tightened as the first crowd swung imperturbably back to their looting with derisive cries, like sandpipers swinging around to glean the shore after a furious wave's recession. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a simple question to break my heart. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe they would think she was just someone out of a Christmas play; but not if she had her heart on the outside like that, stuck full of swords. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we were away from the bank and someone else was rowing and there was nothing more for me to do, I bent over with my head on my knees, my heart in pieces. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

My heart, for all its anxiety and doubt, was light and free. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The shattered pieces of my heart went cold. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Something flickered on her face and she reached out, removed one pale heart from the cluster, and inserted it into her mouth like a chore. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His black heart beating wildly, he rushed over to his unconscious daughter and brought her to. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Only some hearts are like that,” I said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“No, they’re just about to kiss—” she began, before slamming the magazine shut and looking up, heart pounding. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I jump up and leave without looking at Esteban, my heart inside my mouth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe "being American" means you still have room in your heart for other things. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We nurtured ourselves, by ourselves, and protected our hearts even from one another. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It cut to the very heart of me, making me ashamed of the good work the doctors had done. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after he has been cut up and butchered. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this thought makes my heart ache with loneliness. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The moment she’d seen that sparkling net cast by the god Indra, her heart had turned heavy. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s like somebody hit a pause button on my heart. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

My heart jumped up into my throat, my fingers curling against the desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Someone had painted a heart next to the name at the top, and there was a bunch of dried flowers on the stone steps in front of the memorial. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Time passed painfully slowly, as it always does when you’re waiting for something with your heart thumping hard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But he never could have guessed what his sister out of the goodness of her heart in fact did. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad asks how I’m doing, and he even turns the volume down on the television just in case I want to pour my heart out, but I don’t. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They spoke together, and then suddenly it seemed to Frodo that Arwen turned towards him, and the light of her eyes fell on him from afar and pierced his heart. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now that she knew her letters, the word murder hooked her heart. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He put his hand on my waist, and my heart began to pound, a rougher rhythm than the music. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

My heart cracks a little with each new variation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And just as he had loved the queen with the whole of his heart, so, too, he loved his daughter with the whole of it, even more than the whole. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“But she has our hearts in her keeping. Now we belong to the dark and to the empty places. The light would shrivel us, and burn.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

We had to try even harder, put our heart and soul into it, to get ourselves over. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

His adrenal gland, by degrees, ceased jumping its several secretions into his bloodstream; his heart slowed to normal, his breathing became less frantic. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you can be so correct and righteous in your heart, and still fix your mouth to say all them mean things.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The hands clasped together symbolize friendship. The heart is love. And the crown stands for loyalty,” I explain. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"He was too kind," she demurred, trying to remain modest and calm, though her heart was singing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I put down my spoon, my heart speeds up, I go to the window again: will it be blue and not for me? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I sure don’t care what God don’t like, or you, either,” Elizabeth’s heart replied. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

His heart bumped in his breast with frightening loudness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Something...harmful. It went to his heart, you see. And so I froze it. It was for his own good.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When I put the napkin back on the table a fuzzy pink lip shape bloomed right in the middle of it like a tiny heart. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

As Reg struggled up the steps, Moss’s heart raced in his chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"When I return with her heart, there will be years aplenty for all of us," she said, eyeing her sisters' hairy chins and hollow eyes with disfavor. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But to see it written out like that, stated so plainly by my now-deceased father, it was like a hand squeezing my heart. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And so does my heart, just one beat ahead of the song inside. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I hurried down the path, my heart beating fast, my head spinning with what I’d seen and heard. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then she stood and walked back, making her face look just like that of an angel, which got my heart beating fast with fear. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But she has heart disease and high blood pressure now and takes medication for both. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding and I could hardly breathe. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if the heart was turning over. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the beginning, their heart rate is 175. They can’t see straight. Then the second or third time, it’s 120, and then it’s 110, and they can function.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I managed not to shout in surprise, but my heart beat like ten drums. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Yellow snippets of stitching, unpicked from around the sole, to form the delicate threads of its heart. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The lock clicks, and suddenly Jamie is there in his shorts and shirt, and his hair is everywhere—literally everywhere—and his blue eyes look as panicked as my heart feels. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was a collage of shredded roof tiles surrounding a red heart covered in barbed wire. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She pushed the plunger, the poison flooded the animal’s chest around the heart, and the monkey jumped. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You get to find your own way to dig out a heart and shake it off and hold it up to the light again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Darcy’s letter she was in a fair way of soon knowing by heart. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Thus refreshed she took the child and held him to her fragrant bosom and his mother’s heart was glad. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a bright turquoise robe with a red heart embroidered on his back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My heavy heart rises; pride keeps it from falling right out my chest. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Fadi’s heart raced as he read the title: “Take Your Best Shot Contest Guidelines.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t mean to, darling. I know your heart is good.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your heart is large and you are gentle and kind, and I know you will do great things in this world, but now I must say good-bye to you. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before I allow my heart to sink and melt once again, I think of what I must do. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The truck was expensive to maintain, bandits tried to mug him a few times, and he didn’t have the heart to say no to men who bought on credit then never paid him back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ve no heart to write, and if I had, nobody cares for my things.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors reported that his heart was still beating, and that he was still alive. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The heartthrob, the handsome rogue with a heart of gold. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I tried very hard. But I can’t help it. The Fates are cruel. They sent you to me, my brave one, knowing that you would break my heart.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My heart swells to hear that people in America consider this place a historic treasure and are helping to fix it—like when so many people back home pitched in to rebuild our mosque. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Into your flesh. Into your bloodstream, and get carried to your heart. Or your brain.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I said to him, for I could see that his heart was breaking:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was beautiful—black and orange—and fluttered like a tiny, pulsing heart in his hand. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would watch them with an aching heart, firmly convinced that they were being duped; but if I had been asked to give them another solution for their problems, I would not have known how. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

All her powers, all the frontier guards of her spirit, were being called in and concentrated at the citadel of her heart “This is Elaine.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Serious as a heart attack," he said, so predictably that I could've said it for him. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Sonny had a bad heart, and Deborah had arthritis, osteoporosis, nerve deafness, anxiety, and depression. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nixon’s older daughter, Tricia, was getting married that afternoon, and she had her heart set on an outdoor ceremony in the Rose Garden. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was startled, convinced my tutor possessed the power to scry the thoughts of mind and heart. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It’s no use—my heart pounds and my thoughts scatter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Ekon’s heart pounded like a goatskin drum as they followed him into the temple. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As a result, in a few months the affection for their factions was wiped out from their hearts, and all of this affection turned towards the Duke. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

His heart stopped beating at 7:22 and 10 seconds. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart was thumping so much she could hardly hear the first words of his reply. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the coffin and the marchers, listening to them, and yet realizing that I was listening to something within myself, and for a second I heard the shattering stroke of my heart. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The altar bell tinkled and we knelt; we bowed our heads and with our right fist softly beat our hearts, saying we believed in the mystery taking place before our eyes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain was solid and constant as the beating of his own heart. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Augustus Waters died eight days after his prefuneral, at Memorial, in the ICU, when the cancer, which was made of him, finally stopped his heart, which was also made of him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

My heart raced for a second while I debated changing the subject. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’m in a bathroom stall and I press myself against the door, holding the phone to my heart. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It reminded her of the heart arrow that Keeper drew, pointing right at one of her stormy treehouse drawings. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I crept silently into the shed, my heart pounding like a drum. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would file around the table, presenting their deficiencies, telling of their addictions, their cheating hearts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When the frog said, “Once I am grown, I shall have the most beautiful golden hair,” they said only, “To match your beautiful heart.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

José Arcadio Buendía paid them and put his hand on the ice and held it there for several minutes as his heart filled with fear and jubilation at the contact with mystery. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I want to press my hand against the muscles that protect his heart. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My heart is speeding, though, my breaths coming too fast. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You can pass on or you can stick around. You’ll have company,” Ophie said, her heart feeling brittle as she looked at the ghost. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Her heart pounded through her body as she waited for the response bubble, and then Claire was there, as steady and sure as she always was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Because of the PAC’s anticommunism, they became the darlings of the Western press and the American State Department, which hailed its birth as a dagger to the heart of the African left. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t really put his heart in it. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they showed it to her and asked for help, it was just a beating heart inside a cage of matted feathers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure Percy’s heart could take the shock. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And he looked at the white man’s bloody shirt and thought, he told Elizabeth, at the bottom of his heart: “I wish to God they’d killed you.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

At the first curve, my heart started thumping. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

In John’s mind then, the people and the avenue underwent a change, and he feared them and knew that one day he could hate them if God did not change his heart. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She was crying like a baby, and I kept saying, ‘Hush, it’s all right,’ when I wanted to scream my mind and heart out. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Well, that combined with their kindness/goodness/purity of heart and garnished with my certitude that this glorious triad I somehow finagled my way into is definitely, definitely temporary. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She wailed, and her heart gave out in her breast, and she fell dead onto the shore. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She’d kept trying to win the man’s heart, but he kept rejecting her. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

So she let him kiss her, and when he pulled back she leaned in and kissed him, heart pounding in her throat, her face tingling, a fire burning in the pit of her belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds in my chest, and there is a part of me, the cowardly, yellow part, that urges me to turn around and scamper on back to bed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Trey’s fist taps his heart, then he fist-bumps me, and struts away quick. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

By the time we reach his building, my heart’s slamming all over my rib cage. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The sound of a door opening stopped my heart dead in my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“He loved humankind dearly and with all his heart, but he disliked most human beings,” she’d told Ishmael. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

On top of everything else—her chest aching as though her hearts had been stomped on, and the shock that had her still gasping—she was embarrassed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo swallowed back her fears and focused only on the belief in her heart. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You shall have a place in our hearts!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Love stirred in the hearts of the young Brahmins' daughters when Siddhartha walked through the streets of the town, with his lofty brow, his king-like eyes and his slim figure. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart lurched when voices pounded from the other end. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Someone broke up the gummy bear heart collective I left up here. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But I will lose heart for the telling if you don’t wake up, Djo. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m praying that people will call in if the Lord has touched their hearts, because these children are praying for a family.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It’s just a joke, but my heart isn’t in it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I stood there, my heart racing, my eyes burning and hot, for a long time after Maddie and Lewis had driven off. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had only looked at her, and said, “You’re going to break hearts, you know.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went hot all over, and I could hear my heart banging to be let out of my chest. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I think Ob’s going to die, truly die, if I can’t figure a way to mend his sorry broken heart. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The north and west were surely never meant to be left out of his diabolical scheme—let alone the City itself and the very heart of fashionable London in the south-west and west. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mom put a hand on her heart and glanced over at Dad. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sing my heart out because no one is there to hear me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Proud and tall he seemed, though the hair that flowed beneath his high helm was like snow; and many marvelled at him and took heart to see him unbent and unafraid. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And an escort whose heart I’m breaking without him even knowing it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I believed in this great sense of fairness, overseen by God Himself, that would reward the good and the pure of heart. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was telling myself how good it was that Ice had got the woman to call 9-1-1 again and how he had paid the brothers to give the heart attack dude CPR. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

After his first heart attack, in 2000, he quit smoking; but once he was feeling better, he stopped taking several medications, drifted back to red meat and fried foods, and let his exercise program slip. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“What are you sorry for? You weren’t even born yet. We shouldn’t have been there, you know. Burning those forests hurt my heart. Awful. Whole cities gone while they slept. It was a coward’s war.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get the lungs, now. Get the heart.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And perhaps most troubling of all, some people’s hearts hadn’t changed either. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I heard you sing, and I knew it was you. I heard you in Imre once. Cried my eyes out afterward. I never heard anything like that before or since. Broke my heart.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My heart pounded faster with each step she took toward me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

This is the heart of Gilead, where the war cannot intrude except on television. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his old fighter’s heart fluttered a sense of elation he had not felt for years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glass fogs up and I watch as a hand reaches up to draw a heart. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My heart starts beating fast, making it hard to breathe and speak at the same time. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I looked at the bundles to the left and my heart stopped, my blood ran cold, and time stood still! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

No one must know that my heart and mind are constantly at war with each other. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Koffi's heart began to drum fast and hard in her chest, and she silently swore as two men entered the study. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

So I figured her interest in the war had to do with the fact that, quirky as she was, Maya had a good heart. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to tell if she was old or young, but her expression was austere and compassionate, and both Will and Lyra felt as if she knew them to their hearts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My brain had turned to mush, and my heart wasn’t much better. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The old warrior hymns swell in her heart. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her voice was as lovely as before, enough to set a heart aching. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Your kind heart would break if you saw the people at the port. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She wondered how long it would be until the sun came up, wondered whether her dream had been a true thing while knowing in her heart that it had been. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When I got there my heart quit beating ’cause when I pulled the door to go in, Ma and Pa were pushing it to go out. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mom answered, and she put her hand over her heart. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I unbuttoned my coat and pinned the heart onto the shoulder part of my dress. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ma taps her elbow and places the other hand on her heart. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My heart was thumping so hard, I could barely breathe. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel Taisin’s heart beating in time with her own, and it made her light-headed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Why do you not climb into it yourself? Surely you are bold enough. Or are you a coward at heart, when the test is put upon you?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

His heart: they fed him medicine to see how low his heart rate could go, and they were probably disappointed when his heart temporarily stopped. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was located in the heart of southern California’s citrus belt, an area that produced almost all of the state’s oranges, lemons, and tangerines. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

Conner smiled at me, and my heart did a jittery jumpy thing. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Without warning, Lucky Girl shoved her thumb into his back, into the heart of the wound. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

This kid is in it with his whole entire heart. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I didn’t ask often, because I thought remembering made her heart ache. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

"And how fast do you think a hedgehog's heart beats?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth twitched up into that crooked smile so beautiful my heart nearly stopped. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I thought if he witnessed my rocky mental state, he'd come away with a unique understanding of the female psyche and would tread carefully with other people's hearts. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hazel followed the path through the clearing and up a hill into the trees, heart burning the whole way. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was pouring out on him everything that was in my heart, cries of anger and cries of joy. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I know. Dad and I don’t have the heart to replace him, though. He’s worked here for sixty years. How could we do that?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her heart jumped into a gallop, and Chaol dissolved from her thoughts, like dew beneath the morning sun. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The touch of Joffrey's hand on her sleeve made her heart beat faster. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Different emotions battled for dominance in his mind and heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Harrison told him he had been shot over the heart, but Chalmers did not believe it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Yet every year, the hospital found itself spending more and more time and money on people who were not actually having a heart attack. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The cover was a beautiful watercolor of a dripping green heart, with one symbolic drop of red paint. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Unused to hearing people speak from the heart?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I felt as if she’d looked right into my heart and seen all my warts and flaws, and held her own heart out to me anyway. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I see a mane of heavy black hair come loose, and my heart seizes—it’s Laia. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My brain keeps trying to convince me I’m right, but my heart keeps whispering that I’ve made some pretty major mistakes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Afterward there will be some chatter and recapitulation of what went on; nothing though like the action itself and the beat that pumps the heart. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted Jefferson to know that her heart was with him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A swarm of butterflies stirs in my stomach, and my heart starts hammering again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Joaquin sat down with a thud, his heart starting to race. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I think my heart grew a pair of big, fluffy white wings at the mere sight of it, and nothing was going to shoot it down. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh!” was all she could think to say, her heart pounding. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Anger rose even higher in Conor’s chest, thumping his heart against his rib cage. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He leans forward to scratch his ankle, and my heart just twists. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mom had asked me over and over that summer and fall as my skirts got shorter, my heels higher, my lipstick darker, my heart angrier and angrier at her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The way those bees flew, not even looking for a flower, just flying for the feel of the wind, split my heart down its seam. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if Scott were rattling George’s heart inside her rib cage. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

My heart flutters and my eyes are getting bad, not to mention my bum hip. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I take to heart the blessed words, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His he heart was steaming in the cool evening air when arms were red to the elbow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It started rising and falling in a manner that made my heart sink I took in the solar stills and the net. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesus, you’re right, I think you might actually have a heart attack!” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

"Now put your hand over your heart," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Only then do I notice the figure in the chair seated across from my father—the hair, the freckles, the slightly crooked nose—and my heart jumps and falls at the same time. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But the old man thought, I have such a heart too and my feet and hands are like theirs. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one split second his heart stalled—the bunk was empty. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As Nailer’s heart pounded in his chest, he tried to remember everything Reni had ever told him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But often there was truth at the heart of local legends—people who had been born with gifts that their countries didn’t understand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She set off in that direction, her heart heavy within her. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The manifesto utterly rejected the notion of trusteeship, the idea that the white government somehow had African interests at heart. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, once a few faranji die without explanation, I think the others will lose heart.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Even so, the sight of him gladdened the old knight’s heart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“In Westeros you will be the lost child who returns to gladden her father’s heart. Your people will cheer when you ride by, and all good men will love you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Brightness in the air and lightness in my heart. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Get out of my house, before I cut out your heart.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma loved trees with all her heart, perhaps the way I loved Zuraiqee. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

We watched a newscast that said that a guy had got a heart transplant. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the herald of my coming, she told herself as she gazed up into the night sky with wonder in her heart. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My bones are rattling, and maybe even the blood that flows from my heart is running toward safety, trying to get out. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I turned once more to the steep path through the woods, my legs reluctant, my head heavy, a strange sense of foreboding in my heart. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

That’s how my journey as an elite gymnast began—with a defeat that put an ache in my heart and doubts in my mind. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But he’s been so tired, I don’t have the heart to wake him early. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart pounding in my ears, like I can hear every single blood cell as it swirls around my body. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My heart started pounding and my palms got all sweaty. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

West Virginia never left Katherines heart, but Virginia was her destiny. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I have to admit for a small, deranged second, my erratic heart jolted in my chest and I almost did the same thing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It will break his heart,” my mom says. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But her mouth was dry, and her heart was beating fast. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And then I pour my heart out for the second time in ten minutes, this time about Dallas Llewellyn and Carter Dixon. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now I can drink and wash in the water to my heart’s content. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Not the hearts. You might hit a rib. The throat’s better.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Doubts that he could go through with it seeped into his mind and heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as Roberto’s mother heard that Pastor Vasquez was coming for dinner on Friday, she had a change of heart. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

"South . . . where ... is the Eyrie south, sweet- ling? I don't recall . . oh, dear heart, I was afraid-. . . have you forgiven me, child?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Each time, at each announcement, his heart jumped for a moment, and he thought wild thoughts. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She inched around the chair, coming closer to him, and his heart jumped a beat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even when he flies off the handle, at least he’s fighting for something close to his heart. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s a book! The first-aid book. It says to tie a band between the bite and his chest. So the poison can’t get to his heart.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was so beautiful that it made his heart ache. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

That heart, that breath, without which was not anything made which was made. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She thought, I sure have felt a lot of hearts recently. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“In my heart. I don’t need anything else.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

In her heart, Katie knew that she was not the overlooking kind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay, trying to slow the beating of my heart, as every beat pushed forth another gush of blood. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He took a stick and drew a heart in the dirt on the path beside her garden. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And what had happened to their energy when their hearts quit beating? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A flash of her being vaporized almost stilled his heart. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He felt his heart sink a little, but he clenched his hands into fists and made himself a promise. if they are here, I will find them. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the quiet I could hear my heart pounding and I knew that my hand still had its hold on the rock and that I was alive. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he wiped it off, sadness once again welled up in his heart. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As they waited, hearts pounding from their flight from the monastery and the strange, terrifying encounter they had had there, Jeanne looked at Michelangelo. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He knows no more about her than about her sisters, but she steals his heart then and there. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Things packed up and put away in parts of her heart where he could never find them. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I felt as if my very heart was being observed by this stranger, and somehow his stare slowed the beating. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I was going to have a heart attack. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How many tubes did they have hooked up to him? What was the name of the stuff they were putting into him? Were they giving him blood? What was his heart rate?” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I know you're off to Savannah tomorrow, but I hope to God your dad has internet, because I don't think my heart can handle waiting a full week for an email from you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest, with black hair as iridescent as a raven’s wing and cheekbones sharp enough to cut out a girl’s heart. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When she died it was in the same way, without a struggle, so that although we grieved for her our hearts were not tom by her suffering. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have given up—if a voice hadn’t made itself heard in my heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Cardan could stab him right through the heart and he wouldn’t do a single thing to defend himself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You pace and count stuff and wake at night, your heart beating too fast. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We were a group of about thirty “mature” women—that’s how Padre de Jesus described us, bless his heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will break my heart to send the child away. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I glance around as if I’ll magically find the answer in my closet....My eyes meet the vision heart. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I knew in my heart that goodness had been murdered and that a reign of evil had begun at Elsinore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Goin’ to State was in the hearts and minds of everyone again, still at the center of the universe. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would give him something to do, reflected the King miserably, which was better than wandering about all the time, with his eternal sorrow gnawing at his heart And he fell to thinking about Piggy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thump of his heart is better than any beat he’s ever made. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The woman turned toward us, and fear closed around my heart. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

So the burning feeling I have in my hand sometimes, I must pull it back into my heart and keep it inside. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The secret at the heart of the Archives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He used his mind, his heart, his incredible street smarts, and his fortune to save our lives. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A couch cover wasn’t an easy thing to whip up, but sometimes the glamorganizing way of life wasn’t for the faint of heart. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But taking risks is at the heart of the drug enterprise, and scared money didn’t make money. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He just stands there looking confused, and for a moment I wonder if he is confused, if in his sick heart he believes his own lies about disciplining me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

On any other day, my hands would get clammy, and my heart would pound. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I went off to bed with my heart all tom up in little pieces, and cried myself to sleep. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spot sits and my heart sinks for I think he has decided not to move. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ann was content to praise the Lord for developments down in Montgomery and, in her heart, to wish them the best of luck. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t make it out enough, and it scared him, fear surging into his heart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Grief is the best opener of some hearts, and Jo’s was nearly ready for the bag. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They felt as if a trap was closing about them; but they did not quite lose heart. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He folded it carefully, tucked it inside his robes, then, heart beating fast, both excited and apprehensive, he set off. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I hoped with every inch of my heart that Marcus wasn’t responsible, that this was all a big mistake. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Letters, tokens, and true promises,” I said, bringing my bands to my heart in the hope that my evident joy would move him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

No, he is only an old man, far from home and sick at heart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I found out we were at the storm’s edge, never near its heart, where the Coast Guard was risking lives to save ours. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her step is oddly energized; her heart feels lifted. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Because of the terrible pounding of her heart. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I walked down Beale Street and into the heart of Memphis. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart goes out to all of us who in those afternoons at Small’s enacted our scene with Fewclothes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One more fright like that and my poor heart will give out, Victor thought. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s pink and purple, your favorite colors, and has a heart charm on it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I already told you, Axel, when it comes to flight, the most important word that we can have, the one that bird moms know by heart.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She put down the phone, her heart beating like a snare. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

As one man put it, Chicago “was alive to the tips of her fingers and the core of her heart and brain.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"The gods are good. I am free to heed my heart. I will wed your sweet sister, and gladly, ser." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Eddard Stark jerked upright, his heart racing, the blankets tangled around him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Focusing on the good makes my heart hurt less. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The captain fell with a bullet in his heart. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear his heart beating and he was breathing fast; something was shaking in his belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

My heart lifted at the sight of John Henry towering over everyone as he took a head count. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

If you have a heart, it breaks, if you have a heart that’s broken, it fixes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"Princess," he said, "you have a gentle heart, but you do not understand. This is how it has always been. Those men have shed blood for the khal. Now they claim their reward." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I can practically hear their hearts breaking as the reality sinks in. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My heart thudded, stuttered, and then picked up again in double time. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But, Pastor, it has been a very difficult journey, and I am afraid that I have doubted my place in the Lord’s heart at times.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“If I’m wrong,” she said, “I will bless you with all my heart. Fool that you are.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But in my heart, I knew that nonviolence was not the answer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they wanted to survive, they must travel light, harden their hearts against sentimental keepsakes, and trust that they could make do with the bare bones of equipment. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“And there’s a heart shape here in the center, but it’s got little fissures in it.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They swung the cauldron on the fire’s heart, poured water in, and fed the blaze beneath until the basin simmered, cupped in flame. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father’s friend owns a preserve in the heart of the Great Basin.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart wanted to force my feet to run, but I couldn’t feel them, couldn’t feel my hands, nor my arms, nor any part of myself. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds in my throat, and for the first time in my life I wonder why I always leap before looking. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As Wash walked slowly back up the road, his heart pounding, the pickup inched along behind him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And there came a second crack, loud and sharp as thunder, and the smoke stirred and whirled around her and the pyre shifted, the logs exploding as the fire touched their secret hearts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Neither boy had the heart to make him work. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained when we were smaller that when things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he took them outside to the recycling bin, my heart sank. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Johnny took second place and Francie went to the back of her mother’s heart. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my next class, Biology, we traveled through a human heart and watched it pumping from the inside, just like in that old movie Fantastic Voyage. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Your brain slows down as your heart rocks out through your ears. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Even here, where almost everyone knows me and my parents—maybe because of that fact—my heart races each time I step out of the house. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The Naxalite movement spread across the country and struck terror in every bourgeois heart. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being cool and unruffled was the hallmark of a good detective, so Ophie was the same, even as her heart pounded. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She realized several people had moved closer to her and Mama, and her heart pounded. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A piece of your heart makes a sound like a groan and disappears. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Lacey says, “Is it that weird feeling you get from so much caffeine that, like, your heart isn’t beating so much as your whole body is beating?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He — a cocksure brute much given to womanizing and the lion-hunt — nursed a grievance in his heart, and would not let it go. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Carefully he put her name in the heart, and his own below it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I decided to learn them all by heart—even if I didn’t know exactly what they meant. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

My heart rejoiced at this hint, and I pressed: “Then you have perhaps heard of their king? You have perhaps heard of the fate of their king and his daughter?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But he was a kind boy—clever, curious, and good of heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“The human heart is a deep, dark river with hidden currents,” Flora said to her father. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Aunt Consuelo and Catarina would be disappointed that she did not try it on at once, but she didn’t have the feeling in her heart to match its vivid color. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I knew the path by heart, knew all of Perchance cobblestone by cobblestone and weed by weed. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Mi niña, yes. I believe we should accept all actions that are carried out in good faith and with a loving heart.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

His heart beat wildly, trying to force its way out of his chest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My heart moves slowly, like freezing water, and I cannot clearly recall the smell of blood. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached her hands into her shirt to massage her chest as if trying to exorcise the pain from her heart. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a stab in my heart when I look on Grandpa’s shoulder and see the gray smudge that was once Mango. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“My heart has been giving me fits lately and so I’ve just been lying low for a few days, but I don’t think I’m ready to kick the bucket.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Moss ran his fingers over them, feeling each nook, knowing them all by heart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I reached out and traced black Mary’s heart with my finger. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can a heart lift and sink at the same time? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

With hands clasped over his heart, Tommy feigned a swoon; then, leaping like the Frog Prince, he went off to entertain his older fans behind the lunch counter. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

In its raw state, Burnham knew, it was not a setting likely to win anyone’s heart. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I swear to you, my ambitions aim no higher than your heart,” he said with feeling. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Dad asks, and my heart spills over with love. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Even the sound of Dad turning on the shower in the morning made Barry’s heart jump. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

And that meant that for all the times she’d shrugged off one of those slurs, some little tentacle of them still crawled its way toward her heart. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

My heart sank and I began to get the jitters. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“She thought it would make things easier for Mama. Finally, my mother said yes, because she did not want my sister to suffer hunger, but it broke her heart to have Jadzia separated from us.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No, sir. I went away from there fast, but I have often thought that somewhere in Maine there’s a moose with a broken heart.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left “more than one of us with streaming eyes, and hearts beating with gratitude,” Gage recalled. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Procris was there and she sank to the ground dead, pierced to the heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in my own heart I could give no expression to my sensations—they weighed on me with a mountain’s weight and their excess destroyed my agony beneath them. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heart pumping blood in and out in perfect circulation? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“He’ll draw more. He’ll make new drawings at your new home,” he said, trying to make me feel better, but for some reason I felt like I had been stabbed in the heart. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She thought she had heard Betsy again—that wretched hacking sound that sawed through her rib cage straight into her heart. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

What if your heart still lives somewhere else? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

In my heart, I’m sure, I knew this was Linda, but even so I couldn’t find much to recognize. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sees the look on my face and smiles, sure that he has ferreted out the secret desire of my heart. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With a clear mind and a happy heart, now I could fall asleep thinking about one thing—winning. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I’m about to rush the stage, thinking she’s having a heart attack, when she suddenly ditches the speech, the page fluttering to the floor, and speaks directly to the microphone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew this short chapter by heart and looked forward to the group reading. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Moss wears his heart on his sleeve,” she said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I knew, because I felt it, all the way to the bottom of my heart and back. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My heart slowly cracks under the new scar. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My heart surged with pride, drawing me back into the moment I’d pulled the gun. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Horrible things. The worst kinds of torture. You drowned me slowly. You burned my heart from my chest. You blinded me.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was offended, took it far too much to heart and was insolent and beastly to her, which, in turn, made her unhappy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My mouth instantly got dry, and my heart started pounding hard enough to bust. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I Spy with my little eye a hero’s heart, a heart that beats not for itself but for all humanity.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Heaven sent slumber in an endless tide submerging my sad heart among the leaves. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry’s heart was starting to beat very fast. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes shut to hide my tripping heart. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Will you please slow down a bit? I think I’m having a heart murmur.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has to be careful with her heart, this day woman. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

We hurry toward it, not saying a word, but I’m utterly certain the drumming of my heart is echoing through the canyon. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It totally causes a spike in my heart rate, but since old habits apparently die very hard, despite the fact that my pillow is drenched in tears, I reply, “I’m fine!” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“They had brown sugar in the heart of Africa?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It weighed on her heart like a stone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Grandmom put her hand on her heart, sighed deeply, and said, “You know what I’m going to tell you, Caroline.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d known not to expect much, and lest we forget, Father’s Christmas-morning sermon was all about having grace in your heart, which displaces the lust for material things. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he knew that it was his own son whose face had so reminded him of something, and his heart beat quickly. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a combination you are: soft heart and hard head. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shame is a horrible acid ball in her heart. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I had just finished brushing my teeth and was heading back downstairs when a quiet knock sent my heart thudding against my rib cage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Part of me hopes that she won’t spend the rest of her life crying over boys, or men, who break her heart. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The structure held, though Mark’s heart didn’t slow until he’d crossed it completely. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"My heart is broken," Tiny says, as if the thing has never happened before to him, as if it has never happened before to anyone. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He believed that they trusted him and knew that he had their best interests at heart. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My body freezes as it never has in battle, my foolish heart taking control. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My heart was thumping like mad and my hands had gone all sweaty. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God, you scared me,” I said, holding a hand to my chest as if to stop my heart from fluttering out of it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed, as if he were dreaming, or looking inward into his heart and memory. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At its heart lies a theory Wagner drew from Schopenhauer, from Buddhism and from Christianity, that self-enlightenment, or personal redemption, is achieved by denying oneself gratification, resisting temptation and seeking an understanding of fellow-suffering. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

However frightened my heart, when they look upon my face they must see only Drogo’s queen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Grandmother’s totem was moyo, the heart, which meant she wasn’t allowed to eat the heart of any creature. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart was racing as if he had been sprinting and had just cleared an enormous obstacle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I knew I'd always have my memory, but my heart was in that book. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Anthony encouraged her, telling her that the women of New York were depending “upon her bending all her powers to move the hearts of our law-givers at this time.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was come to the heart of the realm of Sauron and the forges of his ancient might, greatest in Middle-earth; all other powers were here subdued. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My heart thunders loudly in my ears, my palms cold and sweaty. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hall had booked us at the Garuda Hotel, a friendly, funky establishment in the heart of Thamel, Kathmandu’s frenetic tourist district, on a narrow avenue choked with cycle rickshas and street hustlers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Though light in tone, they will help you see that my heart is now planted here, like Rooster Jim’s cherry tree. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But an aneurysm is when a blood vessel breaks and the blood doesn’t get to the heart muscles because it is leaking. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I ran, my heart heavy in my chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Perfect for those like Roberto Vega who wished to have all eyes, ears, and hearts tuned to their words. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“It was who he became to save his wife, and all his people. So much blood on his hands, so much hate in his hearts. The gods had created their own undoing.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She clutched at her heart with one hand, leaned against the door, and seemed not to notice how the candle in her other hand had tipped slantwise in its silver holder. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Getting through the door only causes me minor heart palpitations this time. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Like your heart is an engine flooded with black acid, drowned and clenched and clotted. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ll sing a song that I made up all by myself and when I’m done I get to ask you one question and you have to answer and cross your heart you’ll tell the truth.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I could feel his heart beating, sense the sorrow in his frame. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even being Caesar’s daughter would not save her from some dreadful punishment if it was believed she criticized him, even in the privacy of her heart. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

And if the patient is having heart trouble, the pattern will be distorted. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Most of the time the Illegal’s heart started again, so he could be turned into an eejit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was more leapy than I would’ve liked, but I managed to keep my answering smile normal and not oversize like it was trying to be. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My heart is still thumping in time with the percussion group, making my hands tremble, but I steel myself. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Sick at heart, Ranofer transferred his sweepings to a crucible and set it on the coals. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Their secret! as she heard it told, her knees grew tremulous and weak, her heart failed her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wished she had a heart of ice and a clever smile, not the trembling lips of a child whose father had been stolen away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Salva hoped with all his heart that the lion had killed Marial instantly—that his friend hadn’t had time to feel fear or pain. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By which I mean, sir, to get to the heart of the matter, that I have a flagon of brandy at your disposal, should the occasion arise.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have been a man with no heart, and no mercy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I told myself to stay calm, but my heart thrummed like a drum machine. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I pined in my heart to be in a dark theater with popcorn and larger-than-life actors on the screen in the latest hit movie. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stare at Matilde’s message, the neat, round letters and numbers that I already know by heart. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I planned to talk to him about it during the inter-semester break, but my father suffered a second heart attack on the first day of that break. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Chalmers told Harrison he had not been shot over the heart. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"I know your number by heart," she said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Her heart dropped and rose inside of her like a buoy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All the guys at the Exchange drop dead of heart attacks. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But is hoping in my heart harming either one of them?” he asked himself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train screeches to a stop, and my heart pounds so hard it’s difficult to breathe. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He asked me to make myself a little clearer on a passage in one of the commentaries, and I repeated the passage by heart and explained it again as best I could. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We are all, at heart, gradualists, our expectations set by the steady passage of time. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, daughter of Pluto, Clytius rumbled, do you really believe Hecate has your interests at heart? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Montag felt the hidden book pound like a heart against his chest. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of a classroom with an endless chalkboard where I would be first—in school and in my mother’s heart. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grote comes closer, then touches the raised heart, the clasped hands, with his dirty finger. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When we got to the pew, Madeline reminded me: “Forehead, heart, left shoulder, right shoulder, hands together.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Look, I can’t talk about this anymore. I honestly don’t think my heart can take it. Shall we go upstairs and tell the others your decision?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The knock on the door the next morning sent my heart racing. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If it’s true what the Bible says—that lusting in your heart after another man’s wife is the same as if you actually did what you’re thinking about—then I was guiltier than Mr. McAllister. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her father’s heart, beating there inside of him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

His heart was leaping against his ribs like a frantic bird. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Gramps says that I am a country girl at heart, and that is true. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But her head—and her heart—were sitting in the passenger seat beside her father, on the way back to Atlanta. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Emptiness opened up in my heart, and I wondered if it would ever be full again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder if I’m sick, or having a heart attack, or if I’m going crazy. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"Every man that fives or will five in time to come in this land of Danes will honor and praise your name, O Beowulf. Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon I would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, and find that I was back in the room of my childhood, with my books . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart was pounding, but he was more startled than afraid. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is a thousand times better than pictures taped to a vision heart. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

His heart rate sped up, a nervousness coursing through him, but when he saw how excitedly Javier was greeted, he figured that there wasn’t a need for him to worry. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A brightly colored finch landed on the windowsill and sang so sweetly, Luna thought her heart would break. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She dropped the tray, saw her tunic flutter from interior force, and understood that her heart operated on its own instructions, that she had no control over it or, indeed, over anything else. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And she knew: there is no limit to what the heart can carry. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

With my heart pounding, my body shaking, the rough board scraping my bare knees, I begin to cross. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strawberries like fleshy hearts, mounded in little baskets. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the rickshaw putters along the road, darting through traffic, I drag to my lips the question that's been stuck in my heart for so long. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Bernabe gasped, all out of breath, his heart thundering so hard he thought his chest would explode. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held the pebbles carefully in her lap, and her candy heart wrapped carefully in her handkerchief until she got home and could put it away to keep always. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t want you to have a heart spell. I’d never forgive myself.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then I carefully sealed away my heart. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And maybe like the woman and her child at the heart of the story too. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I listened to my heart beat, faster, faster, as footsteps came one by one up the stairs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her heart shook, holding the secret’s heavy weight. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Finally she stops and puts a hand over her heart and breathes deeply as an embarrassing silence covers the room. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shasta's heart fainted at these words for he felt he had no strength left. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I feel England pulling at my heart, an echo calling to me like wind in a tree’s branches, saying, Come back, come back. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hand against her thumping heart. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

With every voice in his body, heart, and soul screaming No! he said, “Yes.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe my heart was right when it recognized that sad island. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding even before he said what he said. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“They have plenty, you know. Giants and monsters and cake. They’re all right there, and you wouldn’t even have to give your mother a heart attack to go on one.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I have children, too. 4 have heart. I give you your half cup of rice today, but you must put your X here, and here—double credit for the boy who doesn’t work yet.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally popped open the heart pendant, looking down into the little glowing aperture where the laser waited to read her eye- print. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It's where I keep my heart. It's too dangerous to keep it in my chest, what with the sharp edges of bones so easily broken.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“At the beginning of the year you said the truest thing about a person was whose blood they had in their heart. Do you remember that?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I can feel mv heart starting to race as I step up to his front door and press the bell. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perial spoke out honestly, perhaps because she thought she was dreaming, but perhaps she would have said the same thing had she been awake, for Perial said what was in her heart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sounded so light of heart I could not help smiling. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked one up—reddish, round, a smooth water heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A knock at the door made my heart trip. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then my uncle raises his hand to his heart, and a mini version of his smile slowly appears on his face. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She made a sign in the air—a circle—and she folded her hands together and touched them to her forehead, her mouth, her heart. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I recognized Mike’s voice calling out of the gloomy heart of the trees, but I couldn’t see him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sure, they’d had their differences; but after all they’d been through together, Frank didn’t want to see Leo get his heart broken. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The postman didn’t even have to call my name—I spotted the letter decorated as always with small hearts and stars, Caitlin’s trademark. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes where they were, but her foolish heart still sped up thinking he might choose today to sit next to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

This allows people actually to look inside his chest to observe the heart, and to even reach in and touch it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And he called her name, and held her hand, and his heart pounded when he kissed her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her heart thumping painfully with love, she turned away and set her foot on the bridge. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

His heart was beating, almost fluttering, his legs were weak, his palms close to spurting sweat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth as if to say something else, then crumpled the quilt close to her heart and rocked in place for a moment. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Our throats open, our mouths open, our hearts open. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Neither Call nor I had the heart to track him down. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The late rose is starting to flourish anew. Eat to your heart’s content.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then Mambo had the drum beaten, but the sound disturbed the hearts of the people so much that they crouched on the ground and covered their ears. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what if the gunmen can hear my heart thundering? Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was now coloring in the heart, which tickled in a way I liked. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

This voice thrilled every nerve of my being—caught at my heart—for I knew its accents as well as my own. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Like rolling around with other dudes in tight outfits. But when it comes to, like, matters of the heart...” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He could not call, for his tongue would not unlock, and his heart was silent, and great with fear. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“But ... I don’t know where it’s going. My heart, I mean.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The whole truth was hidden in some inner pocket of her heart. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bottles and carafes of it—pale green, yellow as gold, the dark purple-red of my heart’s own blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hearing the way Jason said her name, like it was a lifeline to his past, made Piper’s heart sink. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When Gregor’s heart started up again, it beat so hard, he thought it might break through his chest. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Back when she was alive and him lusting in his heart after another woman, it’s a wonder God hadn’t strung Grandpa up by his heels and split him down the middle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Not when I could feel him breathing, not when I could feel his heart beating in his bony chest. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I started thinking about the world loaded with disguised Marys sitting around all over the place and hidden red hearts tucked about that people could rub and touch, only we didn’t recognize them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw the first horse, she felt her heart leap up into her throat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did not enter the carriage with the easiest feeling at heart,” Gronau said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But the poetic heart is not to be trusted. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I drove with tire Discovery Times crew out to the Infosys campus, about forty minutes from the heart of Bangalore, to tour the facility and interview Nilekani. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hear what sounds like a child’s scream beside me, and wrench my head around to see where it’s coming from, but there is only a heart monitor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Werfel was very careful to walk at a normal speed, though his heart was racing, and everything in his body and brain was complaining about disaster. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The other men in the store laughed congenially, while Milkman stood frozen, everything in him quiet but his heart. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bless her heart! She pities him, so she is good to him,” said Jo, beaming at her from the croquet ground. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I’m trying to yank the sickles through the shambler's neck I get a good look at its face, and my heart stutters to a stop. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A weird, completely alien feeling suddenly pierces my heart for a brief, fleeting moment. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I’ll loose thee, Splendid, come what may, Even though it break my heart. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I stared at him, my heart beating strangely, my hands suddenly cold beneath his hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had a heart inside—after three major attacks in the past ten years—that must look like the aftermath of a head-on collision. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day came with a morning like a brown dusk, and the hearts of men, lifted for a while by the return of Faramir, sank low again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I did my best, meanwhile, to take any opportunity to imply to Ruth she had a special place in Miss Geraldine’s heart. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That his heart weren’t so heavy with thoughts of the two of them out there making plans without him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Because Etienne has stopped feeling nauseated in the afternoons; his vision has stayed clear, his heart untroubled. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I feel my heart pounding in my chest. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both knew the whole thing by heart because when they were little they liked to act out scenes for their parents. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

My throat, my heart, my belly—they all burned with happiness, and probably relief, too. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And so began her heady days full of cliche: she felt fully alive, her heart beat faster when he arrived at her door, and she viewed each morning like the unwrapping of a gift. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That lady has achieved true immortality, both in the test-tube and in the hearts and minds of scientists the world over, since the value of HeLa cells in research, diagnosis, etc., is inestimable. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He tried to keep a rein on this but his heart was not in it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“No,” Tayo said, feeling the hollow spread from his stomach to his chest, his heart echoing in his ears. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"More than that," I say, undoing his first button, my heart pounding. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My heart starts thumping just thinking about it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When it was clear that all three were converging on us, my heart jumped before sinking very low. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

People gazed at the broad ember-bed and saw themselves and their children in there, and hearts rose up and pumped against throats. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could only feel my heart beating and my eyes tearing every time they showed him on the screen. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was a heaviness and a dread in his heart as he went up from the wharves of Serd. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Years after, Bobby recalled that he was unhappy with the outcome and took to heart Nigro’s advice: “You can’t win every game. Just do your best every time.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My heart thrums in my ears, and my mind moves too fast for me to think straight. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Tonight, however, Bud Gleason—his shifty eyes, his shot nerves, the way he belted down martinis against a heart specialist’s orders—nagged at the back of his brain. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt was the first person I opened my heart to after it was closed up tight when my mum died. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

His heart felt lighter than it had in a long, long time. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Well, my heart soared up high in my chest at those words. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips to Kaz’s again, timing her breaths with the beats she demanded of his heart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I kept my confidence in a little citadel, high on a hill inside my own heart. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When we hit the top of Carmenta Terrace, I looked out at the Kents’ house and felt my heart drop. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

That familiar holy terror tore through her blood vessels and wrapped a vise grip around her heart. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I figured an animal rights activist would’ve had a heart attack looking at all those rare skins, but maybe since Artemis was the goddess of the hunt, she could replenish whatever she shot. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Volpe told her she is someone who needs to find a quiet space, one within herself, and she has taken it to heart. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Only in a world where everything is patently being lost can a priest stir men’s hearts as a poet would by maintaining that nothing is in vain. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I had rid her heart of its gravest malady. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s breath and the knocking of my heart, like pounding, at the door of a house at night, where you thought you would be safe. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

How does a five-year-old tell us about her stomach hurting, her heart aching for Pa, and her fading memories of Keav. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said and hurried outside to the mailbox, my heart thundering in my chest. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The smoke from their cigarettes they inhaled deeply, forcing it to fill their lungs, their hearts, their thighs, and keep at bay the shiveriness, the energy of their youth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Holo projects our surroundings, I feel my heart sink even further. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“The Nobody Owens I knew wouldn’t’ve run off from the graveyard without saying so much as a fare-thee-well to those who cared for him. You’ll break Mistress Owens’s heart.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Telemakhos with no more words went out, and through the fence, and down hill, going fast on the steep footing, nursing woe for the suitors in his heart. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When what she says sinks in, my heart starts racing and my vision blurs like I’ve been staring into fluorescent light-bulbs. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My heart told me that I was a Thembu, that I had been raised and sent to school so that I could play a special role in perpetuating the kingship. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's not easy to nap, though my head is tired from all the noise not just in this outside world, but also inside me, where my heart is yammering with fear and confusion. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as he’d gone in, Will moved away, his heart thudding again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Selitos spoke in a great voice, “Never before has my sight been clouded. I failed to see the truth inside your heart.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He breathes in deep and tries to get his heart to slow down. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

And now my heart is on the verge of detonation. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I looked at Grover, who gulped down the ace of hearts. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My heart sank, and I turned from the glass. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hornet's heart was beating wildly as they crossed the courtyard. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned away and shut his door against the cold, and the travelers turned down into the heart of the shanty town where the living people had to stay. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Today: It is clear that some people are without either a heart or a soul. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It is claimed that you can teach your kidneys to change the rate of urine formation, raise or lower your blood pressure, change your heart rate, write different brain waves, at will. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came from a long, long line of princes, but never before had there been a prince quite like him: born with his heart on the outside of his body. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before I stepped down and ended my testimony, a new fear took hold of my heart. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even in his brand-new kid heart, he’d found the hate spot. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

His words surprise me, and my heart leaps. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And she keeps walking, and I’m not at all sure what she meant by this, but it leaves my heart stuttering. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

While in this state of weary anticipation, she noticed that she was not breathing, that her heart had stopped completely. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He might talk to me or bump into me or whatever, but when nothing ever happens when he walks by, he takes a little piece of my heart with him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It made his heart swell, as if he were going to suffocate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, my poor heart, where has it gone? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I squint at the wall of hearts on the other side of the room. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Every time, he breaks your hearts. And every time, he expects me to pick up the pieces." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My heart was racing so fast that for a moment I couldn’t get any air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My knees hurt, my heart hurt, and my arms ached. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But gradually the boulevard climbed out of the heart of the city, and as they left the crowds behind, the whispering faded. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"You must not take his words to heart. On the morrow he may remember another song, and this one will never be heard again." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the cold of winter, the wood frog’s heart freezes and stops, waiting until spring until it thaws and beats again. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But when she stepped onto the Town Hall stage the evening of the recital, her heart sank. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

But now, driven by his unrest from idleness and wishing to escape from the reproach of his own heart when he remembered that he had been unjust to his wife, he went toward this place. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z