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 COHENMy abandoned narcotics have abandoned me.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
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You wanted to be the Superman who was never Clark Kent.
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Never make a decision when you need to pee.
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If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be seasick every day.
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Your faith was strong, but you needed proof.
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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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A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
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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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I don’t even hate books anymore.
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Only one thing made him happy and now that it was gone everything made him happy.
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I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts.
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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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Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else.
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I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
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There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn’t.
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