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LC: Well, you know, there’s depression and depression. What I mean by depression in my own case is that depression isn’t just the blues. It’s not just like I have a hangover in the weekend… the girl didn’t show up or something like that, it isn’t that. It’s not really depression, it’s a kind of mental violence which stops you from functioning properly from one moment to the next. You lose something somewhere and suddenly you’re gripped by a kind of angst of the heart and of the spirit…

Leonard Cohen, from a French interview (trans. Nick Halliwell)

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2 Responses to “On nights like this 3”

  1. Christopher Cocca Says:
    December 8, 2007 at 4:57 am

    Genius. That’s it exactly.

  2. Leonard Cohen on Depression and Depression « christopher cocca Says:
    December 8, 2007 at 4:59 am

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