Leonard Cohen Done Quotations

In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.

As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. What were these instructions? The instructions were never to lament casually. And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity and beauty.

You win a while, and then it’s done - Your little winning streak.

I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong, I will make it all up to thee.

Even without the mushroom cloud still I would have hated Listen I would have done the same things even if there were no death I will not be held like a drunkard under the cold tap of facts I refuse the universal alibi