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Leonard Cohen Quotes: 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.
         

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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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.

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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.



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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



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