I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.
LEONARD COHENI’m planning a catastrophe.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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In our rags of light, all dressed to kill.
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Dream after dream we all lie in each other’s arms.
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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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Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore.
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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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It’s hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.
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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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A young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
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I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me.
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I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie.
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Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
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And everything depends upon how near you sleep to me.
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After a while, if you are sufficiently bored or unemployed, you may want to read it from cover to cover.
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When you’re not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you’ve sinned.
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European children starved and watched their parents scheme and die. Here we grew up with toy whips. Early warning against our future leaders, the war babies.
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