More from Leonard Cohen
It’s hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Then let’s be quiet together.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen How bitter were the Prozac pills of the last few hundred mornings?
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen My interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Never make a decision when you need to pee.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I don’t want to be a star, merely dying.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen The maestro says it’s Mozart But it sounds like bubble gum.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Don’t call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I have tried in my way to be free.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen In our rags of light, all dressed to kill.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Coroner’s inquest: death by drowning. And he hasn’t been to the seashore in ten years.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Garages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Your body will never be familiar.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen
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