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The art of longing's over, and it's never coming back.
Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 21
Died: 2016
Died: November 7
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The poor stay poor, the rich get rich / Thats how it goes / Everybody knows.
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You should go from place to place recovering the poems that have been written for you to which you can affix your signature. Don't discuss these matters with anyone. Retrieve. Retrieve. When the basket is full someone will appear to whom you can present it.
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I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.
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One is given to self-dramatization from time to time. I intend to live forever.
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There are no letters in the mailbox And there are no grapes upon the vine And there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore And there are no diamonds in the mine
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I bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
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