Yeats was 18th-century oratory, almost. Seamus Heaney 18thcenturyoratory Change image and share on social
I'm a firm believer in learning by heart. Seamus Heaney believerfirmheart Change image and share on social
As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note. Seamus Heaney aestheticcitizencredit Change image and share on social
I always believed that whatever had to be written would somehow get itself written. Seamus Heaney believewrite Change image and share on social
Dylan Thomas is now as much a case history as a chapter in the history of poetry. Seamus Heaney casechapterdylan Change image and share on social
The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine. Seamus Heaney contemporaryhelpimagine Change image and share on social
If you go into an underground train in London - probably anywhere, but chiefly in London - there's that sense of almost entering a ghostly dimension. People are very still and quiet; they don't exchange many pleasantries. Seamus Heaney chieflydimensionenter share on social
I always had a superstitious fear of setting up a too well-designed writing place and then finding that the writing had absconded. Seamus Heaney absconddesignfear Change image and share on social
The faking of feelings is a sin against the imagination. Seamus Heaney fakefeelingimagination Change image and share on social