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Leonard Cohen Quotes: I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.
         

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.


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There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.



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.

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.



I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.



I greet you from the other side of sorrow and despair, with a love so vast and shattered it will reach you everywhere.

I greet you from the other side of sorrow and despair, with a love so vast and shattered it will reach you everywhere.



I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.

I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.



We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.

We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.



May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.

May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.



We are so small between the stars, so large against the sky.

We are so small between the stars, so large against the sky.



You live your life as if it's real.......a thousand kisses deep

You live your life as if it's real.......a thousand kisses deep



Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore

Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore





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