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I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.

Leonard Cohen

It’s hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.
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Hands Hard Sky
We are not mad. We are human. We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.
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Darkness Forgiveness Human Journey Love Mad Ourselves Path
I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts.
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Myself
There is a crack in everything.
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One Liner
Only one thing made him happy and now that it was gone everything made him happy.
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Happiness Himself Philosophy
A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
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Control Love Myself
As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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Eyes Ourselves Wonderful
To discover the truth in anything that is alien, first dispense with the indispensable in your own vision.
LEONARD COHEN

Discover Philosophy Truth Vision
Going nowhere isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.
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Love World Yourself
It doesn’t matter how anything happens.
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Philosophy Result
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secret to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
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Children Love Reveal Scars Secret Word
A young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
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Close Herself Power Wonder Young
I’m planning a catastrophe.
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Destruction Myself One Liner
I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
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Light Myself Truth
Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
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One Liner Poison
Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
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