When you’re not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you’ve sinned.
LEONARD COHENRemember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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I bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
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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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I don’t even hate books anymore.
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Everything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
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The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
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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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It’s hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.
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Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
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I have tried in my way to be free.
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Never make a decision when you need to pee.
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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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Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world’s excuse for being ugly.
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Here’s to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don’t even care.
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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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In our rags of light, all dressed to kill.
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