Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
LEONARD COHENEven damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
LEONARD COHENMy interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.
LEONARD COHENDon’t call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.
LEONARD COHENThe last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.
LEONARD COHENEverything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
LEONARD COHENI ache in the places where I used to play.
LEONARD COHENI told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
LEONARD COHENYou wanted to be the Superman who was never Clark Kent.
LEONARD COHENAs our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
LEONARD COHENHe can love the shape of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart. It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.
LEONARD COHENPoetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
LEONARD COHENI bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
LEONARD COHENI will never find the faces for all the goodbyes I’ve made.
LEONARD COHENWe’ve got to learn to love appearances.
LEONARD COHENThe older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
LEONARD COHENIt’s hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.
LEONARD COHEN