He knew that hair couldn’t feel; he kissed her hair.
LEONARD COHENGarages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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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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Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world’s excuse for being ugly.
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And everything depends upon how near you sleep to me.
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Ordinary eternal machinery, like the grinding of the stars.
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A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
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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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I’ve forgotten most of what I’ve read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.
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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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To kiss her there was to intrude into something private and skeletal, like a turtle’s shoulder.
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I don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.
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My reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.
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Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore.
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Your faith was strong, but you needed proof.
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Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
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I ache in the places where I used to play.
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