I ache in the places where I used to play.
LEONARD COHENMy reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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I don’t even hate books anymore.
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I have tried in my way to be free.
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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 cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
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It doesn’t matter how anything happens.
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I’m just waiting for the miracle to come.
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The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.
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I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses 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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Your body will never be familiar.
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A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
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And everything depends upon how near you sleep to me.
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The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
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Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secret to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
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Don’t call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.
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