We describe a person without compassion as heartless, and we urge him or her to have a heart. Our deepest hurts we call heartaches. Jilted lovers are brokenhearted. Courageous soldiers are bravehearted. The truly evil are black-hearted and saints have hearts of gold. If we need to speak at the most intimate level, we ask for a heart-to-heart talk. Lighthearted is how we feel on vacation. And when we love someone as truly as we may, we love with all our heart. But when we lose our passion for life, when a deadness sets in which we cannot..
John Eldredge