Ordinary eternal machinery, like the grinding of the stars.
LEONARD COHENI don’t want to be a star, merely dying.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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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 told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
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We are not mad. We are human. We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.
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Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty.
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The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
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Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
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I’m just waiting for the miracle to come.
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To discover the truth in anything that is alien, first dispense with the indispensable in your own vision.
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Here’s to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don’t even care.
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Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
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Friend, when you speak this carefully I know it is because you don’t know what to say.
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Garages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
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Remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah.
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Your body will never be familiar.
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Coroner’s inquest: death by drowning. And he hasn’t been to the seashore in ten years.
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