I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts.
LEONARD COHENRemember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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He can love the shape of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart. It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.
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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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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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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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The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.
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I’m just waiting for the miracle to come.
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I’m planning a catastrophe.
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Deprivation is the mother of poetry.
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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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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
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You wanted to be the Superman who was never Clark Kent.
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Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else.
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Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
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The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
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Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secret to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
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