The Secret of Kells Quotes

The Secret of Kells is a TV program that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Secret of Kells ended in 1970.

It features Paul Young as producer, and Bruno Coulais in charge of musical score.

The Secret of Kells is recorded in English and originally aired in France. Each episode of The Secret of Kells is 75 minutes long. The Secret of Kells is distributed by Gébéka Films (France).

The cast includes: Christen Mooney as Aisling, Evan McGuire as Brendan, Mick Lally as Aidan, and Brendan Gleeson as Abbot Cellach.

The Secret of Kells Quotes

Evan McGuire as Brendan

• (Evan McGuire) "Aidan is my friend. I'm helping him make the most incredible book in the whole world. He says it will turn darkness into light. Wait until you see it."
• (Christen Mooney) "Wait until you see the rest of my forest."

• (Evan McGuire) "You can't find out everything from books, you know."
• (Mick Lally) "I think I read that once."

Christen Mooney as Aisling

• (Christen Mooney) "I thought you knew how to climb trees."
• (Evan McGuire) "I do. Smaller ones."
• (Christen Mooney) "Yeah. Like bushes."

• (Christen Mooney) "Is this your cat?"
• (Christen Mooney) "Well?"
• (Evan McGuire) "I've heard about -- creatures like you. You're a fairy."
• (Christen Mooney) "What are you doing in my forest? You've come to spoil it, haven't you?"
• (Evan McGuire) "Uh --"
• (Christen Mooney) "You were probably sent here by your family to get food, weren't you? Well. You can go right back where you came from. If you don't, I'll make the wolves get you. Rawr."
• (Evan McGuire) "No. uh, I didn't mean to. Look, I'm sorry alright? I'm not here to get food for my family. I'm here to get things to make ink. I don't have a family, and we have food in Kells. So I wouldn't come here for it anyway. I was just -- a bit lost."
• (Christen Mooney) "You have no family?"
• (Evan McGuire) "Uh, no."
• (Christen Mooney) "No mother?"
• (Christen Mooney) "I'm alone too."

• (Christen Mooney) "Open your eyes and I'll tell you my name."
• (Christen Mooney) "Aisling."
• (Evan McGuire) "Aisling."
• (Christen Mooney) "And this -- is my forest."

• (Christen Mooney) "I have lived through many ages, through the eyes of salmon, deer, and wolf. I have seen the Northmen invading Ireland, destroying all in search of gold. I've seen suffering in the darkness. Yet I have seen beauty thrive in the most fragile of places. I have seen the book. The book that turned darkness into light."

Mick Lally as Aidan

• (Mick Lally) "Old fools should learn to keep quiet."
• (Evan McGuire) "Unless young fools want to listen."

• (Mick Lally) "When they come, all we can do is run and hope that we are fast enough."

• (Mick Lally) "Me and white Pangur / Two who relish bundles of art / Me pursuing that which does not come easy / Slippery Pangur hunts prey / Fame or repute I seek not / As I turn ink into glowing light / Little does Pangur value the words of a prophet / He would much prefer a mouse to a book --"

Brendan Gleeson as Abbot Cellach

• (Brendan Gleeson) "No. Not yet -- Not yet."

• (Brendan Gleeson) "Pagans, Crom worshipers -- It is with the strength of our walls that they will come to trust the strength of our faith."

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