My reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.
LEONARD COHENI don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.
More Leonard Cohen Quotes
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I will never find the faces for all the goodbyes I’ve made.
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A young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
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There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn’t.
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Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
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Love is the only engine of survival.
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It doesn’t matter how anything happens.
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I dreamed about you baby. It was just the other night. Most of you were naked Ah, but some of you was light.
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The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
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I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me.
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Love is not a victory march it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
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Dream after dream we all lie in each other’s arms.
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Well, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
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We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.
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Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore.
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