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Leonard Cohen on Christmas

1934–2016 Canada

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17 quotes

Every heart to love will come
But like a refugee.

The Future (1992)

It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.

Beautiful Losers (1966)

And here you are hurried,
And here you are gone;
And here is the love,
That it's all built upon.

Ten New Songs (2001)

It's you my love, you who are the stranger.

Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)

Goodbye old friend. Endless love, see you down the road.

What is a saint? A saint is someone who has achieved a remote human possibility. It is impossible to say what that possibility is. I think it has something to do with the energy of love.

Beautiful Losers (1966)

I swept the marble chambers,
But you sent me down below.
You kept me from believing
Until you let me know:
That I am not the one who loves —
It's love that chooses me.
When hatred with his package comes,
You forbid delivery.

Ten New Songs (2001)

Rust rust rust
in the engines of love and time

You whisper, "You have loved enough,
Now let me be the Lover."

Ten New Songs (2001)

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.

The Energy of Slaves (1972)

May everyone live,
And may everyone die.
Hello, my love,
And my love, Goodbye.

Ten New Songs (2001)

If you want a lover
I'll do anything you ask me to.
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you.

I'm Your Man (1988)

The light came through the window,
Straight from the sun above,
And so inside my little room
There plunged the rays of Love. In streams of light I clearly saw
The dust you seldom see,
Out of which the Nameless makes
A Name for one like me.

Ten New Songs (2001)

When they lay down beside me I made my confession to them.
They touched both my eyes and I touched the dew on their hem.
If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn,
They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem.

Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)

Here is your cross,
Your nails and your hill;
And here is your love,
That lists where it will

Ten New Songs (2001)

I'll try to say a little more:
Love went on and on
Until it reached an open door —
Then Love Itself
Love Itself was gone.

Ten New Songs (2001)

My friends are gone and
My hair is grey.
I ache in the places where I used to play.
And I'm crazy for love but
I'm not coming on.
I'm just paying my rent everyday
In the Tower Of Song.

I'm Your Man (1988)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Leonard Cohen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.