Some sufferers describe feeling their hearts race, cheeks flush and abandoning all sense of caution when they're stalking favorite items.

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Titania laughed, and it seemed to her in that moment that she had two hearts in her, each pouring out an equivalent feeling toward the prancing figures, and she thought, My men.

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"He is feeling fine, but it is not automatic that he will play on Sunday, " the manager told Hearts' website.

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