There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
LEONARD COHEN
LEONARD COHEN
Leonard Cohen on light
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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I’m planning a catastrophe.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I’m glad you stood in my way.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen First of all, nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I dreamed about you baby. It was just the other night. Most of you were naked Ah, but some of you was light.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen 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.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I ache in the places where I used to play.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen It’s hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Then let’s be quiet together.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen How bitter were the Prozac pills of the last few hundred mornings?
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen My interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Never make a decision when you need to pee.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I don’t want to be a star, merely dying.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen The maestro says it’s Mozart But it sounds like bubble gum.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Don’t call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.
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