Very often conditions are recorded as observable “under thy fingers” […] Among such observations it is important to notice that the pulsations of the human heart are observed.

You can’t be gone. I need you here, with me. What am I going to do without you?

Clearly she didn’t get out into society nearly enough. Her pulse had no taste in men whatsoever.

I count everything. Even numbers, odd numbers, multiples of 10. I count the ticks of the clock i count the tocks of the clock I count the lines between the lines on a sheet of...

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life,” murmured Niko. “They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean’s pulse, and our own heartbeat.

I know the theological answers, but do my blood and my pulse?

I don’t know if he’ll even look at me, because I can barely look at myself.

To me, impulsive means foolish. But if a person’s not a little impulsive, they don’t have a pulse.

One last thing,” it never is. Unless they die right after speaking. Make sure that they do. Check their pulse to be certain.