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Leonard Cohen was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist known for his deeply emotional lyrics and distinctive voice. His work explored themes of love, spirituality, and longing, touching audiences worldwide. He left a lasting legacy as an influential figure in both music and literature. Here are 228 of his quotes:

ordinary eternal machinery, like the grinding of the stars. (Leonard Cohen)
.. you wanted to be the Superman who was never Clark Kent. View quote
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Show me slowly what I only know the limits of Dance me to the end of love. View quote
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It's a depressing habit you have of loving to sneeze and of eating apples as if they were juicier for you and being the first one to exclaim how good the movie is. You depress people. We like apples too. View quote
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In our rags of light, all dressed to kill. View quote
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My interest in this pack of failures betrays my character. View quote
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I am not the one who loves - It's love that chooses me. When hatred with his package comes, You forbid delivery. View quote
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I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts. View quote
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Stunned and still not suffering. Swollen with care and anxiety and still not suffering. Useless, old and full of grief, but still not suffering. View quote
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At first first nothing will happen to us and later on it will happen to us again. View quote
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From bitter searching of the heart, quickened with passion and with pain we rise to play a greater part this is the faith from which we start. (Leonard Cohen)
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. View quote
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I fought against the bottle but I had to do it drunk. View quote
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And clenching your fist for the ones like us who are oppressed by the figures of beauty, you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind, we are ugly but we have the music." View quote
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"You have loved enough, now let me be the lover." You could say that God is speaking to you or the cosmos, or your lover. It just means, like, Forget it. Lean back and be loved by all that is already loving you. It is your effort at love that is preventing you from experiencing it. It is like if you ever taught kids how to swim. The most difficult thing is Goddam to understand that they will float, if they relax, if they hold their breath and relax, they will actually float. For most kids it is difficult to swim. They feel they are going to sink like a stone to the bottom of the lake. View quote
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I told you when I came I was a stranger. View quote
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This is the very contrary of dropping out. Most people can't wait to get home to their house or apartment and shut that door and turn on the TV. To me, that's dropping out. View quote
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And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity and beauty. View quote
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It was only when you walked away I saw you had the perfect ass. Forgive me for not falling in love with your face or your conversation. View quote
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You whisper, "You have loved enough, Now let me be the Lover." View quote
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If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame You want it darker We kill the flame Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name Vilified, crucified, in the human frame A million candles burning for the help that never came You want it darkerHineni, hineni I'm ready, my Lord. (Leonard Cohen)
They're lining up the prisoners And the guards are taking aim I struggled with some demons They were middle-class and tame I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim. View quote
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Here's to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don't even care. View quote
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Don't call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it. View quote
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Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else." Then let's be quiet together. View quote
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Occupation: Canadian Poet
Born: September 21, 1934
Died: November 7, 2016
Quotes count: 228
Wikipedia: Leonard Cohen

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