Blessed are you who circled desire with a blade, and the garden with fiery swords, and heaven and earth with a word.
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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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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Believe nothing of me except that I felt your beauty more closely than my own.
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When passion dies friendship hovers round our flesh like flies.
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And everything depends upon how near you sleep to me.
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I bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
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Then let’s be quiet together.
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First of all, nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again.
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Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
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Love is not a victory march it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
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He knew that hair couldn’t feel; he kissed her hair.
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Don’t call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.
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Dear Hitler Take away the torches I’m not guilty I had to have this.
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I will never find the faces for all the goodbyes I’ve made.
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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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I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie.
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