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Amarantine is an ancient word, which means eternity. The poets describe an undying flower with that word, and I fell in love with that idea ...

— Enya Anna interview (2005)

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There is no formula to it because writing every song, for me, is a little journey.

The Telegraph interview (2005)

They are as much "Enya" as I am.

The Telegraph interview (2005)

A lot of people tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true.

KSCA interview (1996)

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary ... Fame and success are very different things, anyway.

The Times Magazine interview (2005)

People have this image of me as an ethereal Lady of Shalott, floating across the battlements, but it's a very small castle as castles go — with no big ballrooms...

You interview (2006)

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

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