“My heart flutters a little. Or something inside my heart flutters; an artery worn so thin that a flap has come loose, is waving about, in the current of my blood.”
“I wanted to freezein the moment in my mindforeverbecause there's nothing betterthan flutters of the heart”
“My heart flutters whenever I hear his keyTurning int he door, and I think to myself,Oh goody, the party is about to begin.”
“I take in great lungfuls of air. Atom by atom, the oxygen enters my blood and pumps in waves through my veins; it is tidal, this pumping blood. My heart beats mightily. If I ran any faster, gravity would loose its claims on my ankles, and my feet would pedal into the air.”
“Eli eased back enough to breathe words onto Quinn's mouth. 'Well? Romantic enough?''My heart's aflutter.'Eli sank away. 'All the fluttering is in my balls.”
“Sometimes with a flutter of agitated worry that felt like a beetle was trapped inside my ribs. p. 90”