Ordinary eternal machinery, like the grinding of the stars.
LEONARD COHENStunned 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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I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie.
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He can love the shape of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart. It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.
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I don’t even hate books anymore.
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We’ve got to learn to love appearances.
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Remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah.
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The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
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I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me.
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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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Only one thing made him happy and now that it was gone everything made him happy.
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Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty.
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Who could have foretold the heart grows cold from touching others.
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Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore.
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When you’re not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you’ve sinned.
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Your body will never be familiar.
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Dream after dream we all lie in each other’s arms.
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