Author: Seamus Heaney

Quotes

History says, 'Don't hope on this side of the grave.'

History says, 'Don't hope on this side of the grave.'

- Seamus Heaney

Dylan Thomas is now as much a case history as a chapter in the history of poetry.

Dylan Thomas is now as much a case history as a chapter in the history of poetry.

- Seamus Heaney

I'm not personally obsessed with death. At a certain age, the light that you live in is inhabited by the shades - it 'tis.

I'm not personally obsessed with death. At a certain age, the light that you live in is inhabited by the shades - it 'tis.

- Seamus Heaney

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.

- Seamus Heaney

Poetry is a domestic art, most itself when most at home.

Poetry is a domestic art, most itself when most at home.

- Seamus Heaney

In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself.

In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself.

- Seamus Heaney

The faking of feelings is a sin against the imagination.

The faking of feelings is a sin against the imagination.

- Seamus Heaney

In poetry, everything can be faked but the intensity of utterance.

In poetry, everything can be faked but the intensity of utterance.

- Seamus Heaney

I'm very conscious that people dear to me are alive in my imagination - poets in particular.

I'm very conscious that people dear to me are alive in my imagination - poets in particular.

- Seamus Heaney

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