Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secret to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
LEONARD COHENThe cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.
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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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I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
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We are ugly but we have the music.
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Garages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
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I’m afraid to live any place but in expectation. I’m no life-risk.
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Deprivation is the mother of poetry.
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My reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.
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I’ve forgotten most of what I’ve read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.
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Dear Hitler Take away the torches I’m not guilty I had to have this.
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And everything depends upon how near you sleep to me.
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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 live your life as if it’s real, a thousand kisses deep.
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Your faith was strong, but you needed proof.
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I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I’m glad you stood in my way.
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