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I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.
Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 21
Died: 2016
Died: November 7
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Leonard Norman Cohen
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When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.
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May everyone live, And may everyone die. Hello, my love, And my love, Goodbye.
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I noticed that when I was on Prozac my relationship with the landscape improved. I actually stopped thinking about myself for a minute or two, because most of the thoughts one has about oneself are involved with desire or loneliness or isolation or strategies to overcome them.
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