At the very center of our culture is a crucified man, a tortured man hanging on a cross of wood. You have an image of violence at the very center of our spiritual investigation.
Leonard CohenAfter a while, if you are sufficiently bored or unemployed, you may want to read it from cover to cover.
Leonard CohenMaybe the culture is [particularly] shabby now. Maybe it's because I'm over sixty, that I can feel that about everything.
Leonard CohenI can work on a verse for a very long time before realising it's not any good and then, and only then, can I discard it.
Leonard CohenI loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy, golden storm, yes many loved before us, I know we are not new, in city and in forest they smiled like me and you, but now it's come to distances and both of us must try, your eyes are soft with sorrow, Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.
Leonard Cohen