Tom O'Brien

“Love is the only engine of survival”
― Leonard Cohen

“Deprivation is the mother of poetry.”
― Leonard Cohen, The Favorite Game

“I've forgotten most of what I've read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.”
― Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers

“Hallelujah"

"Your faith was strong but you needed proof.
You saw her bathing on the roof.
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you.
She tied you to a kitchen chair,
she broke your throne, and she cut your hair.
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah....”
― Leonard Cohen