Well, these lines are not from a book, but from my favorite Leonard Cohen song, "Anthem": "Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There's a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in." I felt a shock of recognition when I first heard it. (The fabulous mystery writer Louise Penny, like Cohen a Canadian, borr…
Well, these lines are not from a book, but from my favorite Leonard Cohen song, "Anthem": "Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There's a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in." I felt a shock of recognition when I first heard it. (The fabulous mystery writer Louise Penny, like Cohen a Canadian, borrowed the last line for the title of one of her novels, "How the Light Gets In.")
Well, these lines are not from a book, but from my favorite Leonard Cohen song, "Anthem": "Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There's a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in." I felt a shock of recognition when I first heard it. (The fabulous mystery writer Louise Penny, like Cohen a Canadian, borrowed the last line for the title of one of her novels, "How the Light Gets In.")