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In streams of light I clearly saw The dust you seldom see, Out of which the Nameless makes A Name for one like me... All busy in the sunlight The flecks did float and dance, And I was tumbled up with them In formless circumstance. (Leonard Cohen)
I loved you when you opened like a lily to the heat; you see I'm just another snowman standing in the rain and sleet who loved you with his frozen love, his second hand physique, with all he is and all he was a thousand kisses deep. View quote
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Garages, barns and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached. View quote
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Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. View quote
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A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control. View quote
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Please make me empty, if I'm empty then I can receive, if I can receive it means it comes from somewhere outside of me, if it comes from outside of me I'm not alone! I cannot bear this loneliness. Above all it is loneliness. View quote
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And may my bronze name / touch always her thousand fingers / grow brighter with her weeping / until I am fixed like a galaxy / and memorized / in her secret and fragile skies. View quote
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I found that things became a lot easier when I no longer expected to win. You abandon your masterpiece and sink into the real masterpiece. View quote
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Well, I've been waiting, I was sure we'd meet between the trains we're waiting for I think it's time to board another Please understand, I never had a secret chart to get me to the heart of this or any other matter. View quote
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Oh the sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone. View quote
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Although only one man may be receiving the favors of a woman, all men in her presence are warmed. (Leonard Cohen)
What is a saint? A saint is someone who has achieved a remote human possibility. It is impossible to say what that possibility is. I think it has something to do with the energy of love. View quote
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I have tried in my way to be free. View quote
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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armour themselves against wonder. View quote
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It's hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender. View quote
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I have often prayed for you like this Let me have her. View quote
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We are not mad. We are human. We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey. View quote
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Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world's excuse for being ugly. View quote
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If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask. If you want a different kind of love I'll wear a mask. If you want to strike me down in anger here I stand. If you want a partner in life take my hand. I'm your man. View quote
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How bitter were the Prozac pills of the last few hundred mornings. View quote
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We are ugly but we have the music. (Leonard Cohen)
I dreamed about you baby. It was just the other night. Most of you was naked Ah, but some of you was light. View quote
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It's time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again. View quote
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Your body will never be familiar. View quote
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If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn, They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem. View quote
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