More from Leonard Cohen
I’m just waiting for the miracle to come.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen You go your way I’ll go your way too.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Dream after dream we all lie in each other’s arms.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen To discover the truth in anything that is alien, first dispense with the indispensable in your own vision.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Games are nature’s most beautiful creation.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen We are ugly but we have the music.
Leonard CohenLeonard 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
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I am the universe, and every possibility belongs to me.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell The only thing that changed about you is me.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays He is my heaven and my hell. Serving passion and poison with the same spoon, and i am a sucker for a taste.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney My mistakes tell me I am quite human, but my brief flashes of brilliance tell me I am divine, too.
Rachel WolchinRachel Wolchin She now finds solace in vanilla-scented daydreams, as her soul sings away in a musical symphony of humid breaths and well-favored smiles.
Megan LaoMegan Lao Some things won’t change-some things can’t.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry My blood is fifty percent alcohol the other half was you.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Darling, you don’t fear love, you fear of loving wrong.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
Queen LatifahQueen Latifah Love is doing something you don’t want to do for someone you don’t particularly like at that moment.
Tom HardyTom Hardy Loving yourself means making choices that allow you to care for the important person that you are.
Debbie FordDebbie Ford No one is you, and that is your power.
Dave GrohlDave Grohl I know I’ll look back on these days and wonder why were some so hard? I know already that they’ll be, the best I’ve ever had. I know I’ll look back on these seemingly impossible days and wish for them back. And I’m finally starting to understand what it feels like to be really loved.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey Do we always love more in retrospect? Do we always regret more moving forward?
Courtney HillCourtney Hill Be gentle with your heart.
Sheleana AiyanaSheleana Aiyana If you don’t love yourself, I’ll make you see your own heart.
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