"the heart wants what it wants" meaning in English

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Proverb

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  1. Who one falls in love with is not a rational or deliberate decision. Categories (topical): Love Synonyms: the heart wants what the heart wants Translations (Translations): rakkaus on sokea (Finnish), се́рдцу не прика́жешь (sérdcu ne prikážešʹ) (english: one cannot give orders to one's heart) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-the_heart_wants_what_it_wants-en-proverb-WcByWdTN Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English proverbs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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