The books talked about it [the heart] as if it were a sump pump stuck down in the muck and mire of somebodys backyard. Never in all my scientific reading did I encounter anything that talked about a broken heart. Never did I read anything about what the heart felt, how it felt or why it felt. Feeling and knowing werent important, only understanding
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