Leonard Norman Cohen (Happy Birthday!) OC
"Ring the Bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in." The quote comes from a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Norman Cohen called "Anthem" which was on his 9th studio album, The Future. While researching the quote, many sources say the line, "There is a crack in everything, That's how the light gets in," came from a story in a Jack Kornfield book on Buddhism titled A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life. However, the book came out in 1993, and Cohen's album came out in 1992...so I dug deeper....
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