Redness that's both linked and operative: mythologically unitary, but actually not contained. I refer you to the arteries and veins and also the valves which, on Miss Libby's echocardiogram, resembled baskets of kelp. Miss Libby is no longer with us. The heart fails. Perhaps it is better not to pick up with another human being. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and raspberry jam for breakfast? No. The heart is an open system. The heart is real. I don't want a boyfriend. I don't want another dog. I want red things: What moves my blood. Writing. I want the book to come.
What was the name of that French film? The one with Beatrice Dalle riding a dog sleigh at the end? I loved that shot where the girl's heart was lying next to her, wrapped in a T-shirt, throbbing in the snow. Did I really see that? I always like writing afterwards, but then I write something new. I wish I still had the soundtrack to Betty Blue.
by Bhanu: A Failed Novelist January 20, 2008
The thing that gives you your personality and is deeply connected to your soul. Your true heart is something you are not able to see. Without it you are only an empty shell. Your heart can have anger, jealousy, and hate. It also contains love, acceptance, and respect. Depending on how you use your heart, it can be a source of strength or weakness.
by AGirlWhoKnows July 23, 2009
1. That which contains all love, caring, courage, compassion, tenderness, gentleness, happiness, awe, loyality, passion, hope, beauty, feeling, laughter, trust, charity and joy!
2. An important thing to have.
2. An important thing to have.
You have a heart of gold.
by OneBadAsp October 22, 2006
verb: feelings of care or affection towards another person beyond the level of 'like', but not quite 'love'.
'i heart you' or 'i heart pancakes'
by Brittany December 12, 2004
An organ with two functions: firstly, pumping blood around the body: secondly, getting its owner in trouble.
by Fearman August 25, 2007
The familiar double-lobed heart symbol seen on Valentine's Day cards and candy was inspired by the shape of human female buttocks as seen from the rear. The twin lobes of the stylized version correspond roughly to the paired auricles and ventricles (chambers) of the anatomical heart, is never bright red in color and its shape does not have the invagination at the top nor the sharp point at the base. The ancient Greeks and Romans originated the link between human female anatomy and the heart shape. The Greeks associated beauty with the curves of the human female behind. The Greek goddess of beauty, Aphrodite, was beautiful all over, but was unique in that her buttocks were especially beautiful. Her shapely rounded hemispheres were so appreciated by the Greeks that they built a special temple Aphrodite Kallipygos, which literally meant, 'Goddess with the Beautiful Buttocks.' This was probably the only religious building in the world that was dedicated to buttock worship. It was possible that the heart symbol represented both male and female glutes (the group that includes the three large muscles of each buttock that control thigh movement) but the Valentine's heart more closely fits the rounded female anatomy rather than the angular, compact and slimmer male butt. Valentine's Day-type heart symbols first became popular in 15th century Europe as a suit designation on playing cards. It is possible that the Renaissance fondness for classical literature and history brought forth the Greek interest in the female buttocks shape, which also mirrors the basic outline of female breasts.
by Veigrn February 15, 2006