Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
LEONARD COHENI guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I’m glad you stood in my way.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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I dreamed about you baby. It was just the other night. Most of you were naked Ah, but some of you was light.
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Blessed are you who circled desire with a blade, and the garden with fiery swords, and heaven and earth with a word.
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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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Dear Hitler Take away the torches I’m not guilty I had to have this.
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Friend, when you speak this carefully I know it is because you don’t know what to say.
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Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
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I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
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Stunned and still not suffering. Swollen with care and anxiety and still not suffering. Useless, old, and full of grief, but still not suffering.
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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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The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
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I don’t even hate books anymore.
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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’m old and the mirrors don’t lie.
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Ah, grief makes us precise!
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The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
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