Blessed are you who circled desire with a blade, and the garden with fiery swords, and heaven and earth with a word.
LEONARD COHENAvoid 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.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
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A kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls.
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I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts.
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First of all, nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again.
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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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Here’s to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don’t even care.
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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 will never find the faces for all the goodbyes I’ve made.
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The maestro says it’s Mozart But it sounds like bubble gum.
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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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Everything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
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It doesn’t matter how anything happens.
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Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
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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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You go to Heaven once you’ve been to Hell.
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