The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
LEONARD COHENThe cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
LEONARD COHENI am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me.
LEONARD COHENI bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
LEONARD COHENI’m afraid to live any place but in expectation. I’m no life-risk.
LEONARD COHENBlessed are you who circled desire with a blade, and the garden with fiery swords, and heaven and earth with a word.
LEONARD COHENA heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
LEONARD COHENMy interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.
LEONARD COHENWhen you’re not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you’ve sinned.
LEONARD COHENAh, grief makes us precise!
LEONARD COHENYour faith was strong, but you needed proof.
LEONARD COHENYou wanted to be the Superman who was never Clark Kent.
LEONARD COHENLove is the only engine of survival.
LEONARD COHENThere is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
LEONARD COHENI’ve forgotten most of what I’ve read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.
LEONARD COHENStunned and still not suffering. Swollen with care and anxiety and still not suffering. Useless, old, and full of grief, but still not suffering.
LEONARD COHENGarages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
LEONARD COHEN