“Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else."
Then let's be quiet together.”
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
Source: The Favorite Game
“The act of quiet nighttime talking, illustrates for me more than anything else the curious alchemy of companionship.”
Source: Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
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