Leonard Cohen on beautiful
Leonard Cohen98 quotes“Believe nothing of me except that I felt your beauty more closely than my own.”
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Only one thing made him happy and now that it was gone everything made him happy.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen 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 CohenLeonard Cohen My abandoned narcotics have abandoned me.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I’m planning a catastrophe.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I’m glad you stood in my way.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen First of all, nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I dreamed about you baby. It was just the other night. Most of you were naked Ah, but some of you was light.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I found that things became a lot easier when I no longer expected to win. You abandon your masterpiece and sink into the real masterpiece.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I ache in the places where I used to play.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen It’s hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Then let’s be quiet together.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen How bitter were the Prozac pills of the last few hundred mornings?
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen My interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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If I had wings and could fly I’d fly all seas to see your unseen beauty amid the whispers of love.
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Puneet MehraPuneet Mehra There’s beauty in the imperfections of what we do and our value’s so much more than being a size two.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia And just like that, he told me that I was beautiful. Without knowing all the wars I wage against myself.
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Ashes4bonesAshes4bones The fabric of your life is a beautiful tapestry of contrast.
Jen HollyJen Holly You’re my crescent moon not perfect but beautiful.
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