576 Quotes by Leonard Cohen

As the mist leaves no scar On the dark green hill So my body leaves no scar On you and never will

To the men and women who own men and women those of us meant to be lovers we will not pardon you for wasting our bodies and time

Dream after dream we all lie in each other's arms

You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light in every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah

It's not a cry you can hear at night. It's not somebody who has seen the light. It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah.

GIFT You tell me that silence is nearer to peace than poems but if for my gift I brought you silence (for I know silence) you would say This is not silence this is another poem and you would hand it back to me

You who wish to conquer pain, you must learn what makes one kind.

The dreamers ride against the men of action. Oh see the men of action falling back.

Well I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.