“There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.”
This quote has no known author and is recorded as an anonymous proverb.
About this quote
Cohen's version of the sentence belongs to a set of short reflections on attention and prayer, where the crack is a place to look rather than a flaw to hide. It is quoted now in nearly every essay about mental health and reinvention, usually without the religious frame that gave it its shape.