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Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
there’s a crack, a crack in everything
that’s how the light gets in

from “Anthem”, Leonard Cohen, 1992.

Wood that can learn is no good for a bow.
The eye that can stand the sun can’t see in shadow.
Fish don’t find the channel, the channel finds them.
If the root doesn’t trust, the plant won’t blossom.
A dog that knows jaguars is no longer useful in hunting.
You can lie at a banquet, but you have to be honest in the kitchen.

“The Sparkle Depends on the Flaws in the Diamond”. William Stafford, 1982.