Deprivation is the mother of poetry.
LEONARD COHENI’ve forgotten most of what I’ve read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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He knew that hair couldn’t feel; he kissed her hair.
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Never make a decision when you need to pee.
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First of all, nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again.
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I dreamed about you baby. It was just the other night. Most of you were naked Ah, but some of you was light.
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Blessed are you who circled desire with a blade, and the garden with fiery swords, and heaven and earth with a word.
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Please make me empty, if I’m empty then I can receive, if I can receive it means it comes from somewhere outside of me, if it comes from outside of me I’m not alone! I cannot bear this loneliness. Above all it is loneliness.
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The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.
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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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Garages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
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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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European children starved and watched their parents scheme and die. Here we grew up with toy whips. Early warning against our future leaders, the war babies.
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You live your life as if it’s real, a thousand kisses deep.
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Dear Hitler Take away the torches I’m not guilty I had to have this.
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There is a crack in everything.
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Everything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
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