Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Leonard Cohen
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- In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.
- To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation's sweetest dreams of itself.
- Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.
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- We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.