“The past beats inside me like a second heart.”
“Roland’s heart seemed to twist like a rag inside his chest, and there was a moment to wonder how it could possibly go on beating in the face of this.”
“When they say "my heart skipped a beat," they're full of crap. Really, what they mean is, your heart sort of stutters and thinks about stopping for a second before it remembers that beating is good for it.”
“But the mysterious and private heart never ceases to beat. Indestructible and immortal, the heart beats on, independent, and beating for me alone…”
“Evie's head is pressed tightly to my chest; I would pull her inside of me and have my heart beat for us both if I could.”
“My mother's last word to me clanks inside me like an iron bell that someone beats at dinnertime: love, love, love, love, love.”