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Seamus Heaney Quotes

Seamus Heaney quotes

Irish Poet April 13, 1939

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Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit. Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney quote: "I suppose you could say my father's world was Thomas Hardy and..."
I suppose you could say my father's world was Thomas Hardy and my mother's D.H. Lawrence. Seamus Heaney
The completely solitary self: that's where poetry comes from, and it gets isolated by crisis, and those crises are often very intimate also. Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney quote: "The end of art is peace."
The end of art is peace. Seamus Heaney
We want what the woman wanted in the prison queue in Leningrad, standing there with cold and whispering for fear, enduring the terror of Stalin's regime and asking the poet Anna Akhmatova if she could describe it all, if her art was equal to it. Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney quote: "Even if the last move did not succeed, the inner command says..."
Even if the last move did not succeed, the inner command says move again. Seamus Heaney
The aim of poetry and the poet is finally to be of service, to ply the effort of the individual into the larger work of the community as a whole. Seamus Heaney
History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme Seamus Heaney
And a young prince must be prudent like that, giving freely while his father livesso that afterwards, in age when fighting startssteadfast companions will stand by himand hold the line. Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney quote: "By God, the old man could handle a spade. Just like his old man."
By God, the old man could handle a spade. Just like his old man. Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney quote: "Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to..."
Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained. Seamus Heaney
When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Foundation. Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney quote: "The dotted line my father's ashplant made. On Sandymount..."
The dotted line my father's ashplant made. On Sandymount Strand. Is something else the tide won't wash away. Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney quote: "All I know is a door into the dark"
All I know is a door into the dark Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney quote: "I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of..."
I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward. Seamus Heaney

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