Marianne, it’s come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine.
And you know that I’ve always loved you for your beauty and your wisdom, but I don’t need to say anything more about that because you know all about that.
But now, I just want to wish you a very good journey. Goodbye old friend. Endless love, see you down the road.
-Leonard Cohen’s last letter to Marianne Ihlen, summer of 2016, reaching her two days before her death
