Your body will never be familiar.
LEONARD COHENAs our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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It’s time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
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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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Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world’s excuse for being ugly.
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He knew that hair couldn’t feel; he kissed her hair.
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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
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I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
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I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie.
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The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
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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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Garages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
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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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Dream after dream we all lie in each other’s arms.
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I’ve forgotten most of what I’ve read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.
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Love is the only engine of survival.
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My abandoned narcotics have abandoned me.
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