Izlasot šādas rindas:

I was nevar good at that kind of hard work that's involved with socialising, and a young man came over to me and said, "You're Leonard Cohen, you wrote Beautiful Losers", which nobody had read, it only sold a few copies in America. And it was Lou Reed. He brought me over to a table full of luminaries – Andy Warhol, Nico. I was suddenly sitting at this table with the great spirits of the time.

rodas sajūta, ka visa lieliskā dzīve jau ir notikusi un vairs nebūs nekad.