More from Leonard Cohen
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Coroner’s inquest: death by drowning. And he hasn’t been to the seashore in ten years.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Garages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Your body will never be familiar.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Dear Hitler Take away the torches I’m not guilty I had to have this.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen It is in love that we are made, in love we disappear.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Blessed is the covenant of love, the covenant of mercy, useless light behind the terror, deathless song in the house of night.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen My reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I’m just waiting for the miracle to come.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen You go your way I’ll go your way too.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Dream after dream we all lie in each other’s arms.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen To discover the truth in anything that is alien, first dispense with the indispensable in your own vision.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen We are ugly but we have the music.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.
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Anne FrankAnne Frank However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.
Helen KellerHelen Keller Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
John MuirJohn Muir The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.
RumiRumi I love my fans. They’re the most beautiful thing in the entire world for me. Every single thing I do is for them.
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