Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
LEONARD COHENHe knew that hair couldn’t feel; he kissed her hair.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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My abandoned narcotics have abandoned me.
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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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Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty.
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It is easy to display a wound, the proud scars of combat. It is hard to show a pimple.
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Never make a decision when you need to pee.
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Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
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Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world’s excuse for being ugly.
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The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
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Games are nature’s most beautiful creation.
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There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn’t.
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I dreamed about you baby. It was just the other night. Most of you were naked Ah, but some of you was light.
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My interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.
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Don’t call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.
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Remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah.
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We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.
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