I think of Dermot Healy as the heir to Patrick Kavanagh. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes dermot healy heir
Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained. Seamus Heaney dashhopemaintain Change image and share on social
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 agedeathinhabit Change image and share on social
Anyone born and bred in Northern Ireland can't be too optimistic. Seamus Heaney bearbreedireland Change image and share on social
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir. Tacitus hateheirpower Change image and share on social
My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damon and me. My granny insisted on calling my brother Dermot - a good Irish name - until she died; I was just known as 'wee one.' Natascha McElhone brothercallchild share on social
All the musicians I loved growing up were men. I loved Leonard Cohen, Mick Jagger. I loved Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys. Even today, I love Van McCann from Catfish and the Bottlemen and Matt Healy from The 1975. Halsey alexarcticbottlemen share on social