My reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.
LEONARD COHENMy reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.
LEONARD COHENAh, grief makes us precise!
LEONARD COHENIt’s time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
LEONARD COHENYou go to Heaven once you’ve been to Hell.
LEONARD COHENFirst of all, nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again.
LEONARD COHENHere’s to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don’t even care.
LEONARD COHENDo not be a magician – be magic!
LEONARD COHENThen let’s be quiet together.
LEONARD COHENA kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls.
LEONARD COHENYou go your way I’ll go your way too.
LEONARD COHENA young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
LEONARD COHENYou wanted to be the Superman who was never Clark Kent.
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.
LEONARD COHENAs our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
LEONARD COHENWhen you’re not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you’ve sinned.
LEONARD COHENPoetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
LEONARD COHEN