I don’t want to be a star, merely dying.
LEONARD COHENTo kiss her there was to intrude into something private and skeletal, like a turtle’s shoulder.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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She was made of flesh and eyelashes.
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How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?
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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
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A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
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I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie.
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I dreamed about you baby. It was just the other night. Most of you were naked Ah, but some of you was light.
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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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The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
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Everything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
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Don’t call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.
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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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Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore.
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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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He knew that hair couldn’t feel; he kissed her hair.
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Your faith was strong, but you needed proof.
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