In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.

Quote by Leonard Cohen

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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is...

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is...

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is...

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is...

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly...

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly...

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the...

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the...

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting...

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting...

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

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

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.

The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has...

The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has...

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is...

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is...

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often....

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often....

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of...

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of...

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is...

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is...

To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a...

To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a...

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is...

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is...