Heart

Heart
First reference:	Genesis
"Heart" on Wikipedia

The heart is often referenced in the Heroes universe.

About

Genesis

Mohinder says that it is the nature of the human heart to look into life's mysteries and questions. He also says that the human heart can only find meaning in the smallest of moments.

Don't Look Back

After Peter wakes up in a hospital bed, Angela tells him that his father didn't die of a heart attack, he died because he committed suicide.

Niki finds a heart-shaped note on the back of the registration of a Cadillac convertible, telling her to check the trunk and follow a map.

Claire tells her father that he can't protect her forever and he says that it breaks his heart. After looking at the player, he repeats himself and says that it really does break his heart.

Collision

While Peter and Mohinder are on a New York City subway, there is a poster behind them that reads, "Don't give your heart to just anyone."

Better Halves

Hank tells Claire that all she has to worry about from his side of the family is a history of cancer and heart disease.

Homecoming

In Mohinder's dream, he remembers his father paraphrasing Darwin--a scientific man ought to have a heart of stone.

Graphic Novel:Life Before Eden

Eden's stepmother's heart stops beating after Eden angrily commands her to die.

Six Months Ago

Chandra Suresh tells Gabriel Gray that the brain controls every heartbeat.

Nathan informs Peter that their father died of a heart attack.

Graphic Novel:Wireless, Part 1

Hana request to join the para-troopers is denied by an IDF enlisting officer because the Israeli army has concerns about her heart. Hana assures him that her heart is fine. The officer tells her that she cannot be trusted in the trenches because the enemies can hear her heart beating and that it yearns for vengeance.

Later, she says that the rules of engagement state to shoot on sight, but the rules didn't account for her heart.

Godsend

As Peter lies in a New York City hospital bed, Nathan tells Simone that the doctors don't know how much more his heart can take. Angela worries that Peter will die of a heart attack.

The Fix

Hiro tells his abductor that his heart is true.

Distractions

Claude tells Peter that he is a sad cartoon of a broken heart bleeding all over the place.

Unexpected

Dale explains that her enhanced hearing allows her to detect even the tiniest changes in a heartbeat. She turns to Sylar and points out that his heart is beating pretty quickly and asks if he's nervous. That night when Sylar silently enters Dale's shop, Sylar tells her that the sound in his heart is murder.

Parasite

Mr. Linderman tells Nathan that two years from present day, through a series of fluke circumstances, he will find himself in the White House--a heartbeat away from the presidency.

The Hard Part

As Mohinder enters Molly's room, an image of a heart is hanging on the wall.

Sylar hears Hiro and Ando's heartbeat in Isaac's loft and later tells Hiro that he recognized his heartbeat from the loft.

Other References

Some of NBC.com's descriptions of the graphic novels include references to the heart:

• "A terrible inferno can melt the coldest of hearts." (Trial By Fire)
• "Two souls on fire face down the heart of an unfathomable path." (Graphic Novel:How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part 1)
• "While the brain wants answers, the heart seeks revenge." (Graphic Novel:How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part 2)
• "Anyone can have a change of heart." (Graphic Novel:War Buddies, Part 5)

Yamagato Fellowship's page on Takezo Kensei references the heart:

• Takezo loved a princess with all his heart.
• After the Dragon of Kiso Mountain demanded the life of the princess, Kensei refused and cut out his own heart and handed it to the dragon, saying that his love was in there. When the Dragon saw what Kensei was willing to sacrifice for his people and his love, he was so moved that he replaced Kensei’s heart and breathed fire-life back into the swordsman.

Gallery

• 
  Niki finds a heart-shaped note on the back of the registration of the Cadillac convertible.
  (Don't Look Back)
• 
  The subway contains a poster with the words "Don't give your heart to just anyone."
  (Collision)
• 
  Eden inadvertently commands her stepmother's heart to stop pumping.
  (Life Before Eden)
• 
  Dale hears Sylar's heartbeat quicken.
  (Unexpected)
• 
  As Mohinder enters Molly's room, an image of a heart is hanging on the wall.
  (The Hard Part)
• 
  After hearing Hiro's heartbeat, Sylar tells him that he recognized it from Isaac's loft.
  (The Hard Part)