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.
LEONARD COHENI’m just waiting for the miracle to come.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
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It doesn’t matter how anything happens.
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You go to Heaven once you’ve been to Hell.
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Please 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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When passion dies friendship hovers round our flesh like flies.
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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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I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie.
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It is in love that we are made, in love we disappear.
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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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Who could have foretold the heart grows cold from touching others.
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How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?
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The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
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I bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
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Your faith was strong, but you needed proof.
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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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