Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
LEONARD COHENWe 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.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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Never make a decision when you need to pee.
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Stunned and still not suffering. Swollen with care and anxiety and still not suffering. Useless, old, and full of grief, but still not suffering.
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How bitter were the Prozac pills of the last few hundred mornings?
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Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore.
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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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Do not be a magician – be magic!
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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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Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
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Everything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
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I have tried in my way to be free.
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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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We’ve got to learn to love appearances.
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I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I’m glad you stood in my way.
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First of all, nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again.
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The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
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