A young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
LEONARD COHENA young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
LEONARD COHENFirst of all, nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again.
LEONARD COHENYour faith was strong, but you needed proof.
LEONARD COHENIt’s time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
LEONARD COHENI guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I’m glad you stood in my way.
LEONARD COHENWhen you’re not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you’ve sinned.
LEONARD COHENDo not be a magician – be magic!
LEONARD COHENMy interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.
LEONARD COHENWell, I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
LEONARD COHENThe older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
LEONARD COHENFriend, when you speak this carefully I know it is because you don’t know what to say.
LEONARD COHENEuropean children starved and watched their parents scheme and die. Here we grew up with toy whips. Early warning against our future leaders, the war babies.
LEONARD COHENWhen passion dies friendship hovers round our flesh like flies.
LEONARD COHENI ache in the places where I used to play.
LEONARD COHENStunned and still not suffering. Swollen with care and anxiety and still not suffering. Useless, old, and full of grief, but still not suffering.
LEONARD COHENI bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
LEONARD COHEN