The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
LEONARD COHENA kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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I ache in the places where I used to play.
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A young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
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You live your life as if it’s real, a thousand kisses deep.
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He knew that hair couldn’t feel; he kissed her hair.
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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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Ordinary eternal machinery, like the grinding of the stars.
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Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
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European children starved and watched their parents scheme and die. Here we grew up with toy whips. Early warning against our future leaders, the war babies.
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If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be seasick every day.
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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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Remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah.
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Friend, when you speak this carefully I know it is because you don’t know what to say.
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A kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls.
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The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
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How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?
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