2008

“I cannot look coolly upon the bloody inroads of those...”
— James Wolfe

(via boyghost)

This is what salvation must be like after a while.

“You know the chances of me actually making it back to...”
— Jacob Martinez

Hello, beautiful. We’ll be seeing you shortly, Old...

Achilles had his heel, but I have a whole Achilles body.

Blonde on Blonde

You say you’re sorry for telling stories that you know I believe are true. You say you got...

An Oldie

Robert: But ya I've found the personification of beauty
Elliot: ?
Elliot: Claire doesn't count. She isn't mortal.
Robert: No. It's better than Claire.
Robert: This makes Claire look like a dirty substitute.
Elliot: You talking about this? http://www.nestle.ca/en/products/brands/drumstick/index
Robert: WTF NO

Joshua Then and Now

by Mordecai Richler “I ran into Jane on Greene Avenue and we had a drink together in the...

A Real Funny Guy

When you’re in Ottawa, you always refer to K-W as your home. To yourself. To everybody. And...

“Riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings...”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“It’s a good relationship. I’ve known her for a long, long...”
— Leonard Cohen, on his...

The Bible According to Mordecai Richler...

from Joshua Then and Now by Mordecai Richler Esau was one fine fella, a hunter, and he used to bring...

The Bible According to Mordecai Richler...

from Joshua Then and Now by Mordecai Richler His father, pulling another marker free of his Bible,...

Joshua Then and Now

Zayda: You know what these days are?
Grandson: Cold.
Zayda: No no. Anybody knows that. If you're Jewish, but.
Grandson: Colder.
Zayda: Oh haha, very funny.

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest HemingwayShe cuddled against me and I put my arm around her. She looked up to be kissed....

“You are all a lost generation.”
— Gertrude Stein

I promise not to raise my son in anger.

“Going to another country doesn’t make any difference....”
— Ernest Hemingway

Whither thou goest,I will go.

Forced Hiatus

To make a long story short…my computer will be “in shop” for the next week or so,...

It’s just that I feel stuck in this American town. I...

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting...”
— Atticus Finch in To Kill A...

Say a prayer for the cowboy, his mare’s run away. And...

“You are always new. The last of your kisses was ever the...”
— Keats

(via jennyjennjen)

Damn Hungry

nineplustwo: My sisters throwing a house party.There all down there singing along like a bunch of...

I'm Not There (Bob Dylan)

Seven Rules of going into hiding: 1) Never trust a cop in a raincoat. 2) Beware of enthusiasm and of...

“I would say I write my songs for people who find themselves...”
— Leonard Cohen

I just want to believe what you tell me.

“Show me a hero and I will write you a...

“We read five times that you were killed, in five...

“The Lord prefers common-looking people: that is why he made...”
— Abraham Lincoln

Preacher Man

I had a really strange dream last night where everyone told the truth. I was on a stage and there...

“The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who...”
— F Scott. Fitzgerald

Cohen and Mitchell: Just One of Those Things

I met a woman.  She knew your life She knew your devils and...

“Ahh… Do I detect a look of disapproval in your...

“I don’t trust a man who doesn’t tear up a little watching...”
— Bob Dylan

Welsh Proverbs

If you want to be a leader, be a bridge. Speak well of your friend; of your enemy say nothing. Of...

I don’t know about the rest of you, but this is what I...

“I’m going away, baby. I won’t be back...

A Late Night Game of 'Would You Rather'

Elliot: Would you rather be Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen?
Jess: Cohen.
Elliot: Cohen for sure.
Jess: Okay, here's one. Would you rather be Simon or Garfunkel?
Elliot: That's easy!
Jess: Yeah you're right.
Elliot: ........CLEARLY GARFUNKEL!

    “I don’t mind a reasonable amount of...

“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the...”
— Euripides

lifeasart: Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker, wherever...

“How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the...”
— J.D. Salinger (via lifeasart)

The Favourite Game, German Edition (cover #3)

The Favourite Game (cover #2)

The Favourite Game (cover #1)

Humbled By Love

by Leonard CohenAnd look, dear heart, at the virgin,look how she welcomes him into her gown. And...

An Elephant…with Bob Dylan.

“Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues...”
— Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

“Birds chirp. The sun shines with renewed vigor. Girls with...”
— Curtis Harris on Summertime ...

“If crime showed on a man’s face, there...

“I thought I had a good life here… but your...

Leonard enjoying (what may be) a coke.

Oh What A World

Jess and I are currently trying to decide where we should go on our summer trip. At first we thought...

(via lifeasart)

“How terrible it is when you say I love you and the person on...”
— J.D. Salinger (Raise High the...

                    “We can’t all be lion...

Seeing Jacob’s videos at the revamped Sex is Communism...

“I don’t even know what street Canada is on.”
— Al Capone

“My anxieties have anxieties.”

“Tell me, how many of these, eh,...

Circa 2003

Well maybe it is just the time of year,or maybe its the time of man, I don’t know who l...

“You know what the trouble with me is? I can never get...

“I’m going to miss you when you go.”

“It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those...”
— W. Somerset Maugham

            And I’m sick of pretending.           ...

“It is not enough that I succeed — everyone else must...

“A fool-saint is somebody who seems to be full of holiness...”
— Robertson Davies (Fifth...

                    In streams of light I clearly saw       ...

“I hate myself for not going over to talk to her. Well,...”
— Charlie Brown, on failing to...

I opened up the gate for you. I shined your shoes and took...

The Artist Herself and Leonard Cohen, painted by Joni...

Uh oh…who da biggest artist? Danger round. My...

“I see you the way you are, even your imperfections....”
— In Treatment (TV)

“This fall I think you’re riding for —...

“Nothing is worse than a kid playing parent to his mother and...”
— In Treatment (TV)

           “I’m very hard to talk to. I realize...

Listen

“Joni and I go back a long ways. Not all the way back, but...”
— Bob Dylan about Joni...

“You brought me here now you’re trying to run me...

The Dance Goes On

My good friend Alicia just sent me this message on facebook. I probably shouldn’t share...

“Men must endure their going hence, even as their coming...”
— Edgar from King Lear

“Hold out for cover. Hold out your hand to me.”

“I waited half my life for you, you know. I never...

nevver: An Illustrated History of Vice #7

Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen - ‘67

“In great crisis, it is the lot of women to soften our...”
— Napoleon 

I'm Not There

On A Certain Female’s Certain Ignorance Of Love.by John Wilmot To love a girl’s a waste of time...

“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the...”
— W.B. Yeats

“I don’t feel I have to wipe everybody out. Just...

Extra Extra

Jess: DID YOU SEE JACOB REBLOGED ME?!

“Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he...”
— Bob Dylan - Man In The Long...

“I think I’d miss you even if we never met.”
—  Nick - “The Wedding Date” ...

“I come into a region where there is nothing that can...

“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids...

“I told my mother, “Mother I must leave you. Preserve my...”
— Leonard Cohen - The Traitor

“…mark, what I thought was fire was only the spark.”

“The woman we love is ever the prettiest of her sex.”
— Napoleon 

Peanuts

“I love you,” she said, and together they laughed. Then one day she said, “I hate...

“As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods - they...

“When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great...”
— King Lear (Shakespeare)

“Me, I go from one extreme to another.”

“But I lingered on her thighs a fatal moment. I kissed her...

“Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an...”
— Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Prime...

“When your girl has left you out on the pavement and your...

Welcome Home

Being a student and moving into a new place, I have very few possessions. My girlfriend was kind...

In Line At IKEA

Jess: Do you have anything breakable?
Elliot: Only my heart.
Jess: Shut up.

Stuck in Marchand with the Blues Again

I am in the process of moving, and therefore may be without internet for a couple days.Jacob,...

lifeasart: Joan of Arc  Her legs are long/Her thighs are...

“A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her…but...”
— W. Somerset Maugham

“When I said I needed you, well, I really needed...

“I think it would be fair to let you take care of your...

“The moment when you reload your rifle.”
— Bob Dylan, defining peace.

           Yeah. He’s rich. Got himself a big car.

“O send out the raven ahead of the dove.”

burningfencepost: Who needs religion when you’ve got women.

“It’s awful not to be loved. It’s the worst thing...”
— East of Eden

“Yes, I’ve had many meetings with...

“nullahnullahnlnlnlnl”
— Van Morrison, Moondance

“All we do our whole lives is go from one little piece of...”
— J.D. Salinger

                   “I am blind but you can...

“Just move, everything will be roses and...

Got To Go Back

Got my ticket at the airport.Well I guess I’ve been marking time.I’ve been living in...

“She took his tavern parliament, his cap, his cocky...

“I don’t consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of...”
— Leonard Cohen

“How many nights I prayed for this…”

“Don’t get up gentlemen, I’m only passing...

Waiting For Godot

Vladimir: Do you remember the Gospels?
Estragon: I remember the maps of the Holy Land. Coloured they were. Very pretty. The Dead Sea was a pale blue. The very look of it made me thirsty. That's where we'll go, I used to say, that's where we'll go on our honeymoon. We'll swim. We'll be happy.
Vladimir: You should have been a poet.
Estragon: I was. (Gesture towards his rags.) Isn't that obvious?

    “No. We can care for you, but we can’t cure...

“Courage, my friends; ‘tis not too late to build a...”
— Tommy Douglas

nevver: Einstein on the Beach

“And she let me touch the source of life, as I was so...

“Old men, they alone have my charity, mumbling hapless and...”
— Irving Layton, who later in...