The 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.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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When you’re not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you’ve sinned.
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Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
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My abandoned narcotics have abandoned me.
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There is a crack in everything.
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How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?
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Love is not a victory march it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
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Do not be a magician – be magic!
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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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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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Remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah.
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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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Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
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Then let’s be quiet together.
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My interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.
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We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.
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