“We are not mad. We are human. We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.”

—  Leonard Cohen

Source: Leonard Cohen: Poems and Songs

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Canadian poet and singer-songwriter 1934–2016

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