Brendan Kennelly Quotes

• Poetry is, above all, a singing art of natural and magical connection because, though it is born out of one's person's solitude, it has the ability to reach out and touch in a humane and warmly illuminating way the solitude, even the loneliness, of others. That is why, to me, poetry is one of the most vital treasures that humanity possesses; it is a bridge between separated souls.

  Brendan Kennelly

  Art, Loneliness, Bridges

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• A writer is not interested in explaining reality, he’s only interested in capturing it.

  Brendan Kennelly

  Reality, Explaining, Not Interested

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• Though we live in a world that dreams of ending that always seems about to give in something that will not acknowledge conclusion insists that we forever begin.

  Brendan Kennelly

  Dream, Giving, Forever

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• All songs are living ghosts. And long for a living voice

  Brendan Kennelly

  Song, Voice, Long

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• If you want to serve the age, betray it.

  Brendan Kennelly

  Age, Want, Betray

  "The Book of Judas". Book by Brendan Kennelly, 1991.

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• Poetry is the ultimate democracy.

  Brendan Kennelly

  Democracy, Poetry Is, Ultimate

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