Much about the heart’s neurons is still unknown. ibid.
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart’s affections and the truth of the imagination. John Keats
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter. James Earl Jones
The heart is the only broken instrument that works. T E Kalem
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. Confucius
The heart was the centre of wisdom to the Egyptians and the dwelling place of the soul. In death the heart of an ordinary man is weighed before Osiris. It’s the ultimate test of purity. Egypt: Secrets of the Dead, PBS 2010
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint-Exuperty, Le Petit Prince, 1943
Your heart is the most remarkable organ. In your lifetime it will beat several billion times. For me the heart has always been an object of fascination. It’s central to our study of anatomy and it’s emblematic of life itself. Dr Kevin Fong, Horizon: How to Mend A Broken Heart, BBC 2011
It tries to do whatever we ask of it. We just assume it is going to keep up ... So long as nothing goes wrong. But it can go wrong. And understanding how to mend it has been one of the greatest challenges of Medicine’s ever-searching journey. And that journey has taken us from antiquity to the frontiers of modern medicine. ibid.
Across the world finding a way to mend the heart has been something of a quest ... Scientists are actually growing new hearts. ibid.
The heart transplant – one of the greatest medical advances of the twentieth century ... But these elaborate operations were never going to be the solution for everyone ... Demand would always outstrip supply. ibid.
Could we built an artificial heart? ibid.
The coming together of biology and technology could transform the way we approach cardiac medicine. ibid.
The heart’s healing properties – properties that have only recently come to light. ibid.
In letting her [Hannah] heart rest, it seemed the heart healed itself. ibid.
We are going to have to build an entirely new paradigm ... That new hope is stem cells. ibid.
It’s difficult to know precisely how the stem cells worked. ibid.
It’s when the stem cells are placed on the ghost heart that the potential for regeneration can be realised. ibid.
Much to our surprise we’ve seen some quite dramatic improvements in how people feel ... But interestingly with very little change in the pumping action of the heart. Professor Anthony Mathur, Barts & London stem cell trials
We’ve basically developed a way that lets us take a heart from a cadaver, drain all the cells, use the underlying scaffold, transplant your own cells back in, and re-build the beating heart. It’s amazing. Professor Doris A Taylor, University of Minnesota
The world of transplant may change as a result [of stem cells]. Professor Doris A Taylor
Set me as a seal upon thine heart. Song of Solomon 8:6
Open not thine heart to every man. Ecclesiasticus 8:19
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Jeremiah 17:9&10
Let not your heart be troubled. John 14:1
Alas! There is no instinct like the heart. Lord Byron
Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh, give me back my heart! Lord Byron, Maid of Athens
His heart was one of those which most enamour us,
Wax to receive, and marble to retain. Lord Byron, Beppo st34
In 2001 evidence began to appear from medical experts which suggests that our heart can absorb and remember part of our personality. It is as though the life-force pumping in our blood and the emotional states we experience leave an indelible spiritual hallmark in the heart. Nexus magazine recently published a series of articles about the phenomena known as Organ Memory. Several doctors and patients have testified that some personality traits of the heart donor manifest in the character of the recipient. Chris Everard, Spirit World II
A life-saving organ transplant operation changed one man’s life for ever. But not in a way he was expecting. Like a real life Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde the recipient of a transplanted heart underwent a radical change of personality. Now scientists are forced to ask: could it be possible to transplant the personality and even memories of another human being? Weird or What? Chinese Columbus, Discovery 2010
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms. Christiaan Barnard
When you look at Asa’s [Hartford] background, when they discovered he had a hole in his heart, ever since he’s had that news he seems to have become a harder worker than ever. He really powers through the game – a genuine whole-hearted player. David Coleman, match commentary
Shaun Wright-Phillips has got a big heart. It’s as big as him, which isn’t very big, but it’s bigger. Kevin Keegan
Virsaviya: ‘This is my heart: I’m the only one that has this.’ Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston’s Casebook I, BBC 2017
Born with her heart not inside the ribcage where it would be protected but on the outside just under the skin. ibid.
Both hearts would work together to pump blood around her body. Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston’s Casebook IV
Almost a million people in the UK have heart failure. Another 900,000 have damaged hearts but don’t know it. And the number is rising. For the worst affected their only option might be a heart transplant. But Britain is now facing a critical shortage of donor hearts. Exposure s1e3: The Heart Hospital, ITV 2011
I’m an old man and my heart’s a battered vessel. But within, there still beats the fluttering pulse of a dream. Peaky Blinders s1e5, father, BBC 2013
It’s not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters. Evander Holyfield