Quote of the Week, #10

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And the dealer wants you thinking
That it’s either black or white
Thank God it’s not that simple
In my secret life

– Leonard Cohen, In My Secret Life (Ten New Songs, 2001)

Out of everything he wrote, the lyrics above might seem like a weird choice. But the truths we connect to in songs and art can sometimes be so simply put and still not lose the strength.

What are some of the verses of songs that touch and inspire you the most?

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I’m Secretly a Monster But Don’t Tell Anyone

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by Erin Mullens

I fling back my elegant neck, sipping flowery rosé

As the jewel encrusted birds flutter about the glamour

Resting precariously on the edge of my shoulder.

Every word is a golden lie, a bit of thread I twist

Hard, to weave together a beautiful tapestry.

If I just look like a rainbow on a green hill

They won’t see the demons fighting in the palm of my hand.

Under the table, my legs shake and my ankle bounces

I am terrified that someone will see through my illusion.

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Quote of the Week, #9

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So long as you are not actually ill, hungry, frightened or immured in a prison or a holiday camp, Spring is still Spring. The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun, and neither the dictators nor the bureaucrats, deeply as they disapprove of the process, are able to prevent it.

– George Orwell, Some Thoughts on the Common Toad