Her heart the damned thing had begun to race and she only hoped that the rapid inflation and deflation of her chest wasn't visible beneath her fitted bodice.

Anna Godbersen
About This Quote

When the heart races, then it is said that one's heart has begun to race. This quote tells a story of a woman who went out for a walk and was forced to stop her way because she started having a heart attack. The panic that followed the incident made her chest undulate and look as if it were undulating, which led her to believe that she was having a heart attack.

Source: Envy

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