“so much of the world is plunged in darkness and chaos…
So ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.”
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Canadian poet and singer-songwriter 1934–2016Related quotes
“The world is a bell that is cracked: it clatters, but does not ring out clearly.”
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Maxim 193, trans. Stopp
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“Everything has a crack in it; that's how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
"Anthem"
The Future (1992)
Variant: There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
Source: Selected Poems, 1956-1968
Context: Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
“The little White Chapel
Is ringing its bell
With a ring-a-ding-dong,
All day long”
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Whitechapel
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“I'm not saying alarm bells are ringing at this moment in time.”
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21-Jan-2006, Radio Derby
Phil steadies the ship after 6-1 defeat at Coventry.
