My heart feels not so much in my chest as in my hands. I am carrying it along swiftly, as though I have become the messenger for what is going on inside me.

Claire Keegan
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The heart can be felt in so many ways, but when you are in love you have to feel it in your hands because that is the place it travels. The heart gets serious about being in love when it's not in the chest anymore.

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