Leonard Cohen on love
Leonard Cohen98 quotes“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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The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen When passion dies friendship hovers round our flesh like flies.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen There is a crack in everything.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen You wanted to be the Superman who was never Clark Kent.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Ordinary eternal machinery, like the grinding of the stars.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen A young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen After a while, if you are sufficiently bored or unemployed, you may want to read it from cover to cover.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen A kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen You live your life as if it’s real, a thousand kisses deep.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen To kiss her there was to intrude into something private and skeletal, like a turtle’s shoulder.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Your faith was strong, but you needed proof.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Deprivation is the mother of poetry.
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Forgiveness comes after understanding & understanding comes after acceptance.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Someday your pen will write a revolution. Until then, write your pain.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya Time is precious. So are the people in your life. So love and be loved. Because tomorrow is never promised.
Jenny AJenny A Thank you for still being there for yourself. For being strong. For being resilient. Keep going.
Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta There will never be a day, I am not thankful for the fire you brought to my life that still warms me to the bones.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You could have shook my whole world luckily I became aware, and I took a turn.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers Be strong enough to bloom even in the storm.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman There is magic in the minuscule.
Holly DuxburyHolly Duxbury
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Buried CaesarBuried Caesar All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here
A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman I love to live and I live to love.
Amy WinehouseAmy Winehouse I try to speak of a love that not necessarily romantic. I think there is so much love between people and so much love people want to give but it’s harder and harder these days to show that, to celebrate that, you know?
Emeli SandeEmeli Sande Love does not go away, it changes.
Monica BellucciMonica Bellucci God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
Manny PacquiaoManny Pacquiao Stay with me on this long night, til the dawn turns crow skies bright. Bring your skin to join with mine, and make in me a transient shine.
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