Coroner’s inquest: death by drowning. And he hasn’t been to the seashore in ten years.
LEONARD COHENOnly one thing made him happy and now that it was gone everything made him happy.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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She was made of flesh and eyelashes.
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The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.
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And everything depends upon how near you sleep to me.
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The maestro says it’s Mozart But it sounds like bubble gum.
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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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How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?
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Everything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
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Blessed are you who circled desire with a blade, and the garden with fiery swords, and heaven and earth with a word.
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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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Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
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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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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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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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Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
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I’m afraid to live any place but in expectation. I’m no life-risk.
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