Cohen, quoting whom? -
"As the man who wanted to be a philosopher said to Dr Johnson, 'Cheerfulness keeps breaking through.' " -
is one I find, so maybe it's in Boswell's s Life of J?
On 01/08/2013, at 7:30 AM, Bill Wootton wrote:
> Leonard Cohen said it, Max.
>
> On 01/08/2013, at 6:18 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> In all this, Doug, we seem to be alike.
>>
>> I think this piece was meant to sound cocky and complacent at first, uncaringly unimaginative and unsympathetic to insomniacs, then overturned by misgivings.
>> Others near me have been death-haunted from early youth, and they always make me feel thoughtless about what's most serious…
>> Who said 'cheerfulness keeps breaking in'?
>>
>> Max
>> On 01/08/2013, at 1:27 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
>>
>>> I tend to fall asleep easily too, Max. But never managed anything so thoughtful when waking, those moments during the night...
>>>
>>> And still manage to avoid thinking much about the end...
>>>
>>> Hmmnnn....
>>>
>>> Doug
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