A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
LEONARD COHENAnything I tell you is an alibi for something else.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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Never make a decision when you need to pee.
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Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else.
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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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Going nowhere isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.
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Your body will never be familiar.
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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.
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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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Ah, grief makes us precise!
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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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It is easy to display a wound, the proud scars of combat. It is hard to show a pimple.
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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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Love is not a victory march it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
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After a while, if you are sufficiently bored or unemployed, you may want to read it from cover to cover.
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I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me.
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