Ordinary eternal machinery, like the grinding of the stars.
LEONARD COHENPlease make me empty, if I’m empty then I can receive, if I can receive it means it comes from somewhere outside of me, if it comes from outside of me I’m not alone! I cannot bear this loneliness. Above all it is loneliness.
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It doesn’t matter how anything happens.
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The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
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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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It is in love that we are made, in love we disappear.
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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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To discover the truth in anything that is alien, first dispense with the indispensable in your own vision.
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A kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls.
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A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
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I bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
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Here’s to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don’t even care.
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You go to Heaven once you’ve been to Hell.
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I’m afraid to live any place but in expectation. I’m no life-risk.
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Only one thing made him happy and now that it was gone everything made him happy.
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