More from Leonard Cohen
I’ve forgotten most of what I’ve read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Here’s to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don’t even care.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen 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.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen 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.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Do not be a magician – be magic!
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen He knew that hair couldn’t feel; he kissed her hair.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Who could have foretold the heart grows cold from touching others.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen 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.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Everything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Ah, grief makes us precise!
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen It doesn’t matter how anything happens.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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When you kill time, you kill your opportunities for success.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley The freedom to think out loud on certain topics, without fear of being hounded into hiding or killed, has already been lost.
Sam HarrisSam Harris Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Christians have abused, oppressed, enslaved, insulted, tormented, tortured, and killed people in the name of God for centuries, on the basis of a thelogically defensible reading of the Bible.
Sam HarrisSam Harris Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn That’s cool and all but also screw you.
MarkiplierMarkiplier Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.
Golda MeirGolda Meir