affair of the heart
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Another notable affair of the heart to be shared with the Irish public was an interview with journalist Terry Keane in 1999.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2019
As she careered into her Golden Girls years, she mocked the Grim Reaper by saying that “age-appropriate” clothing “would be a shroud” and that, “At my age, an affair of the heart is a bypass.”
From Time • Sep. 4, 2014
Beethoven began composing his vivacious Eighth Symphony in the summer of 1812, when he was enduring a painful affair of the heart with the woman he called “Immortal Beloved.”
From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2011
It sounds less like an affair of the heart than a refuge in need.
From The Guardian • May 31, 2010
"Ah—that is delightful—and so, with your permission, Captain, I will have a word with you in private on a very sentimental subject—in short, upon an affair of the heart."
From Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces by Bacon, Mary Schell Hoke
