I don’t want to be a star, merely dying.
LEONARD COHENPoetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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When passion dies friendship hovers round our flesh like flies.
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There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn’t.
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Blessed is the covenant of love, the covenant of mercy, useless light behind the terror, deathless song in the house of night.
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You go to Heaven once you’ve been to Hell.
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I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me.
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I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie.
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I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts.
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Your body will never be familiar.
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Your faith was strong, but you needed proof.
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A kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls.
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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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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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We are ugly but we have the music.
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I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
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He knew that hair couldn’t feel; he kissed her hair.
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