6 Quotes by Brendan Kennelly

I know it does not matter that I do not understand.

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.

If you want to serve the age, betray it.

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

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

Poetry is the ultimate democracy.