576 Quotes by Leonard Cohen

You win a while, and then it’s done – Your little winning streak.

Women stand for the objective world for a man. They stand for the thing that you’re not and that’s what you always reach for in a song.

I finally broke into the prison I found my place in the chain Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.

One is distracted by this notion that there is such an thing as inspiration, that it comes fast and easy. And some people are graced by that style. I’m not. So I have to work as hard as any stiff to come up with my payload.

It’s hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.

If you want a lover I’ll do anything you ask. If you want a different kind of love I’ll wear a mask. If you want to strike me down in anger here I stand. If you want a partner in life take my hand. I’m your man.

History is a needle for putting men asleep anointed with the poison Of all they want to keep.

Games are nature’s most beautiful creation.

No soy un santo ni un asesino; no amo ni mato. Hago el amor y arranco las alas de las moscas.