If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be seasick every day.
LEONARD COHENTo discover the truth in anything that is alien, first dispense with the indispensable in your own vision.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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I found that things became a lot easier when I no longer expected to win. You abandon your masterpiece and sink into the real masterpiece.
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I’m just waiting for the miracle to come.
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Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore.
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You wanted to be the Superman who was never Clark Kent.
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I bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
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A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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I don’t want to be a star, merely dying.
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Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
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I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me.
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I’m afraid to live any place but in expectation. I’m no life-risk.
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Never make a decision when you need to pee.
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How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?
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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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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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