The Energy of Slaves Quotes

“Who could have foretold
the heart grows old
from touching others”
― Leonard Cohen, The Energy of Slaves: Poems

“I didn't kill myself
when things went wrong
I didn't turn
to drugs or teaching
I tried to sleep
but when I couldn't sleep
I learned to write
I learned to write
what might be read
on nights like this
by one like me”
― Leonard Cohen, The Energy of Slaves: Poems

“I walk through the old yellow sunlight
to get to my kitchen table
the poem about me
lying there with the books
in which I am listed
among the dead and future Dylans”
― Leonard Cohen, The Energy of Slaves: Poems