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Leonard Cohen

Read through the most famous quotes from Leonard Cohen




There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.


— Leonard Cohen


#light #hope

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.


— Leonard Cohen


#refuge #sense #sleeping #superiority #world

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.


— Leonard Cohen


#evidence #inspiration #life #poetry #writing

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.


— Leonard Cohen


#scars #wounds #regret

Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.


— Leonard Cohen


#light #living #perfection #determination

Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore


— Leonard Cohen


#beauty

... i didn't fall in love of course it's never up to you but she was walking back and forth and i was passing through


— Leonard Cohen


#love #love

Remember when I moved in you and the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was, "Hallelujah.


— Leonard Cohen


#lyrics

Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah


— Leonard Cohen


#love

Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world's excuse for being ugly.


— Leonard Cohen


#love






About Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen Quotes




Did you know about Leonard Cohen?

Cohen has been inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1992 Cohen released The Future which urges (often in terms of biblical prophecy) perseverance reformation and hope in the face of grim prospects. "
Cohen attended Roslyn Elementary School and from 1948 Westmount High School where he was involved with the student council and studied music and poetry.

His work often explores religion isolation sexuality and interpersonal relationships. Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (born 21 September 1934) is a Canadian singer-songwriter musician poet and novelist. In a speech at Cohen's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 10 March 2008 Lou Reed described Cohen as belonging to the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters.

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