I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin.

—Leonard Cohen

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Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. He was inducted into...

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All paths are the same: they lead nowhere… They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long, long paths but I am not anywhere. My benefactor's question has meaning now. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.

—Leonard Cohen

The finest sensibilities of the age are convulsed with pain. That means a change is at hand.

—Leonard Cohen

If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day.

—Leonard Cohen

I've always held the song in high regard because songs have got me through so many sinks of dishes and so many humiliating courting events.

—Leonard Cohen

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Do not believe the truth. The truth is tiny compared to what you have to do.

—Leonard Cohen

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