Seamus Heaney
Quotations
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“But that citizen’s perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based.” -Seamus Heaney
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“Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.” -Seamus Heaney
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“As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.” -Seamus Heaney
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“The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself – as a vocation and an elevation almost.” -Seamus Heaney
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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
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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
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“Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.” -Seamus Heaney
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“At home in Ireland, there’s a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.” -Seamus Heaney
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