To discover the truth in anything that is alien, first dispense with the indispensable in your own vision.
LEONARD COHENI cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.
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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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Don’t call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.
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He knew that hair couldn’t feel; he kissed her hair.
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You go your way I’ll go your way too.
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I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts.
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I bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
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How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?
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A kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls.
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Stunned and still not suffering. Swollen with care and anxiety and still not suffering. Useless, old, and full of grief, but still not suffering.
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Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore.
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I’m afraid to live any place but in expectation. I’m no life-risk.
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I don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.
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I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me.
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The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
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