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Beautiful Losers
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"Beautiful Losers" Quotes

A man reflects on his relationships and experiences with two women in a blend of history, erotica, and mystical visions.

Quotes

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.

Leonard Cohen

lovepain

They were stepping stones to the stars. I was in love with a man who was in love with me.

Leonard Cohen

love

The only truly restful thing is love. When we are caught in its arms, we are young again.

Leonard Cohen

love

The only way to fight a thing that's real, is to make it unreal.

Leonard Cohen

struggle

Love is not a victory march. It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah.

Leonard Cohen

lovesorrow

The fact remains that we are absolutely alone, clinging to a rock spinning a great number of kilometers per second around a great burning star.

Leonard Cohen

loneliness

I am the spirit of invention. I am the information of the world. I am the darkness of a human soul. I am a goddamn genius.

Leonard Cohen

self

The desire to die was my one and only concern. I have never been so serious about anything in my life.

Leonard Cohen

deathdespair

Every human being is a kingdom of unknowns.

Leonard Cohen

human nature

The light of love, the purity of grace. The mind, the music, the face.

Leonard Cohen

lovebeauty