Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world’s excuse for being ugly.
LEONARD COHENLove is not a victory march it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
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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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And everything depends upon how near you sleep to me.
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Coroner’s inquest: death by drowning. And he hasn’t been to the seashore in ten years.
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Do not be a magician – be magic!
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Ordinary eternal machinery, like the grinding of the stars.
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A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
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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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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
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In our rags of light, all dressed to kill.
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I don’t want to be a star, merely dying.
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He knew that hair couldn’t feel; he kissed her hair.
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Everything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
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I’m planning a catastrophe.
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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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I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.
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