More from Leonard Cohen
Coroner’s inquest: death by drowning. And he hasn’t been to the seashore in ten years.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Garages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Your body will never be familiar.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Dear Hitler Take away the torches I’m not guilty I had to have this.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen It is in love that we are made, in love we disappear.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Blessed is the covenant of love, the covenant of mercy, useless light behind the terror, deathless song in the house of night.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen My reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I’m just waiting for the miracle to come.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen You go your way I’ll go your way too.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Dream after dream we all lie in each other’s arms.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen To discover the truth in anything that is alien, first dispense with the indispensable in your own vision.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Games are nature’s most beautiful creation.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen We are ugly but we have the music.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I’ve forgotten most of what I’ve read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen
Original quotes
From our community writers
Love is mostly easy at night, it is morning you got to learn about.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays
More on death
When Big Meech and everybody got indicted, hustling died. Keep it trill.
ASAP RockyASAP Rocky The Flower that once has blown forever dies.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.
HafezHafez Being dead broke is the Root of all Evil.
Rick RossRick Ross It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer Hearts are like tapers, which at beauteous eyes Kindle a flame of love that never dies; And beauty is a flame, where hearts, like moths, Offer themselves a burning sacrifice.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. Pity the nation that needs to jail those who ask for justice, while communal killers, mass murderers, corporate scamsters, looters, rapists, and those who prey on the poorest of the poor, roam free.
Arundhati RoyArundhati Roy