My abandoned narcotics have abandoned me.
LEONARD COHENMy abandoned narcotics have abandoned me.
LEONARD COHENA young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
LEONARD COHENI told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
LEONARD COHENAfter a while, if you are sufficiently bored or unemployed, you may want to read it from cover to cover.
LEONARD COHENIt doesn’t matter how anything happens.
LEONARD COHENThere is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
LEONARD COHENA kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls.
LEONARD COHENHow can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?
LEONARD COHENI will never find the faces for all the goodbyes I’ve made.
LEONARD COHENEverything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
LEONARD COHENIt is in love that we are made, in love we disappear.
LEONARD COHENReality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore.
LEONARD COHENDear Hitler Take away the torches I’m not guilty I had to have this.
LEONARD COHENGoing nowhere isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.
LEONARD COHENMy interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.
LEONARD COHENPoetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
LEONARD COHEN