Brian Keenan Quotes

born 1950 Northern Ireland

Brian Keenan CBE (born 28 September 1950) is an Irish writer whose work includes the book An Evil Cradling, an account of the four and a half years he spent as a hostage in Beirut, Lebanon from 11 April 1986 to 24 August 1990.

Northern Ireland
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Consolation is about sharing loneliness and making it bearable.

Between Extremes (2000)

We both instinctively knew never to share weakness until you understood it. ‘Share only strength’ was an unspoken motto between us.

An Evil Cradling (1992)

Once again Chile reduces us to what R. L. Stevenson called 'the virginity of senses' where words cannot match the impressions received.

Between Extremes (2000)

This is a city of the muses. For poets, painters and composers. This is the artists' enclave. This is Venice and Florence waiting to be explored, and I dream it still.

Between Extremes (2000)

Politics can only be a small part of what we are. It’s a way of seeing, it’s not all-seeing in itself, and people like me, who were fortunate enough to be born and educated before the start of the tragedy that has engulfed the North of Ireland, found the panacea of politics to be a bitter cul-de-sac.

An Evil Cradling (1992)

Attribution

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