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I’ve seen the nations rise and fall. I’ve heard their stories, heard them all, but love’s the only engine of survival.
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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In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.
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Creators care nothing for their systems except that they be unique.
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The obstacles are great and the suffering is great and people have got to make a living.
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I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name women give themselves to him. If I am dumb beside your body while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips it is because I hear a man climb stairs and clear his throat outside our door.
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Fare thee well my nightingale, I lived but to be near you. Thow you are singing somewhere still I can no longer hear you.
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I think that any songwriter - and I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us - you don't write the songs anyhow.
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Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world's excuse for being ugly.
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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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I try to make those references. I try to make sure that they're not too obscure. But outside of that, I dare not claim anything in the spiritual realm for my own.
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Although only one man may be receiving the favors of a woman, all men in her presence are warmed. That's the great Generosity of women and the great generosity of the Creator who worked it out is that there are no unilateral agreements on sexuality.
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No one masters the heart.
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Dream after dream we all lie in each other's arms
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Just to get serious about this thing, you know. One has to be compassionate. It's true that people are up against things, economically and emotionally.
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The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.
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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.
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I looked into [Prozac]. I must say that it is certainly a wonder drug.
Leonard Cohen
You who wish to conquer pain, you must learn what makes one kind.
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Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year'.
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And I'll dance with you in Vienna, I'll be wearing a river's disguise. The hyacinth wild on my shoulder my mouth on the dew of your thighs. And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photographs there and the moss. And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty, my cheap violin and my cross.
Leonard Cohen
