It's a pity if someone... has to console himself for the wreck of his days with the notion that somehow his voice, his work embodies the deepest, most obscure, freshest, rawest oyster of reality in the unfathomable refrigerator of the heart's ocean, but I am such a one, and there you have it. ... It is really amazing how famous I am to those few who truly comprehend what I'm about. I am the Voice of Suffering and I cannot be consoled.
More Quotes from Leonard Cohen:
The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul...Leonard Cohen
What is most original in a man's nature is often that which is most desperate. Thus new systems are forced on the world by men who simply cannot bear the pain of living with what is. Creators care nothing for their systems except that they be unique. If Hitler had been born in Nazi Germany he wouldn't have been content to enjoy the atmosphere.
Leonard Cohen
I 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 Cohen
O baby, we'll be making love again.
Leonard Cohen
It's coming from the women and the men.
Leonard Cohen
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Reality Quotes, Suffering QuotesBased on Keywords: consoled, freshest, rawest, refrigerator, unfathomable
Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.
Margaret Deland
For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities.
Derrick Jensen
I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.
Dick Van Dyke