#p

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#flesh #happens #like #lovers #made

As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#also #could #his #i #life

I didn't kill anyone that didn't deserve killing in the first place. ↗

— Mickey Cohen

#deserve #first #i #kill #killing

I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#amusement #because #friends #i #know

The training part," I guessed. "Yup. You're going to be Dimitri's partner." A moment of funny silence fell, probably not noticeable to anyone except Dimitri and me. Our eyes met. "Guarding partner," Dimitri clarified unnecessarily, like maybe he too had been thinking of other kinds of partners. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #rose #vampier-acadmey #funny

We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#close #closed #down #experiencing #joy

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#call #certain #dangerous #description #give

I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#also #barely #carry #could #even

I was 15 when I first became deeply touched by the rhythm and structure of words. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#deeply #first #i #rhythm #structure

We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist. ↗

— Frank Moore Colby

#always #any #anything #carry #committee