Believe nothing of me except that I felt your beauty more closely than my own.
LEONARD COHENI have tried in my way to be free.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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I ache in the places where I used to play.
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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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Love is not a victory march it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
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Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
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I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts.
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A kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls.
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She was made of flesh and eyelashes.
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I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
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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 will never find the faces for all the goodbyes I’ve made.
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Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world’s excuse for being ugly.
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In our rags of light, all dressed to kill.
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A young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
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There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
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To kiss her there was to intrude into something private and skeletal, like a turtle’s shoulder.
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