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Quote by Leonard Cohen
The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. – Leonard Cohen

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The ages of seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech with animals, that birds no longer visit our windowsills to converse. As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armour themselves against wonder. – Leonard Cohen

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Reflection
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Leonard Cohen
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Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. – Leonard Cohen

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Faith
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Leonard Cohen
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In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. – Leonard Cohen

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Dreams
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The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows. – Gaston Bachelard

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Sleep

Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. – Author Unknown

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Sleep

Life is too short to sleep on low thread-count sheets. – Leah Stussy

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Sleep

It seemed almost impossible for him to rouse himself out of the delicious depths of his first sleep. – Rev. G. Despard, M.A., Trinity Church, Kilburn, “Peace in the Heart,” in The Sun

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Sleep

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In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. – Leonard Cohen

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