I don’t even hate books anymore.
LEONARD COHENAs our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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Only one thing made him happy and now that it was gone everything made him happy.
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Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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Then let’s be quiet together.
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Blessed is the covenant of love, the covenant of mercy, useless light behind the terror, deathless song in the house of night.
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I don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.
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I dreamed about you baby. It was just the other night. Most of you were naked Ah, but some of you was light.
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Don’t call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.
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I don’t want to be a star, merely dying.
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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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A young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
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Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secret to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
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Please make me empty, if I’m empty then I can receive, if I can receive it means it comes from somewhere outside of me, if it comes from outside of me I’m not alone! I cannot bear this loneliness. Above all it is loneliness.
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Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
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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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