Blessed Basil Moreau, founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, believed that to provide a true education "the mind will not be cultivated at the expense of the heart". What excites you about attending Notre Dame?" (http://admissions.nd.edu/apply/application-overview/).
But it is the return of Hearts that excites most interest.
This is good for the old heart — to get excited — just as good as for the person.
The other night, for example, I was sitting here listening to 'Die Meistersinger,' which I know by heart, and got excited about it all over again.
It is with heavy (but excited) heart that I must tell you that I will be leaving Maimo and Brooklyn and taking a residency spot in California.
Here, weather-beaten, sun-bleached, time-eroded busts of emperors, set imperiously above a heart-pumping drop, excite speculation about vanity of desire, the passing of time and, in my case, how soon is lunch.
On the day I visited the bakery, Ms. Sapir — who once developed children's language programs for Berlitz and remains an educator at heart — was still excited about a tour she had given to a local Brownie troop the day before.
Yes, my skin was tingling, but I thought it was the cool sand, excited heart.
To excite a heart: a bird's view.
When Jeb was excited, his heart fluttered.
