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

The problem as you get older... is that you become more self-aware. At the same time, you have to surprise yourself. There's no way of arranging the surprise, so it is tricky.

The problem as you get older... is that you become more self-aware. At the same time, you have to surprise yourself. There's no way of arranging the surprise, so it is tricky.

- Seamus Heaney

There is risk and truth to yourselves and the world before you.

There is risk and truth to yourselves and the world before you.

- 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

Nowadays, what an award gives is a sense of solidarity with the poetry guild, as it were: sustenance coming from the assent of your peers on the judging panel.

Nowadays, what an award gives is a sense of solidarity with the poetry guild, as it were: sustenance coming from the assent of your peers on the judging panel.

- 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

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.

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

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

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

- Seamus Heaney

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