“Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world's excuse for being ugly.”
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
“I loved everyone who said yes to the world and tried to make it better instead of worse, because so much in the world was ugly- and just about all the ugly parts were due to humans.”
— Lauren Myracle, book Shine
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