A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
LEONARD COHENDo not be a magician – be magic!
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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When you’re not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you’ve sinned.
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I’m afraid to live any place but in expectation. I’m no life-risk.
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I have tried in my way to be free.
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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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Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
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In our rags of light, all dressed to kill.
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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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Your faith was strong, but you needed proof.
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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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You go to Heaven once you’ve been to Hell.
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I’m planning a catastrophe.
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European children starved and watched their parents scheme and die. Here we grew up with toy whips. Early warning against our future leaders, the war babies.
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A kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls.
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My interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.
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After a while, if you are sufficiently bored or unemployed, you may want to read it from cover to cover.
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