I've been in the habit of helping people. Seamus Heaney habithavehelp Change image and share on social
Yeats was 18th-century oratory, almost. Seamus Heaney 18thcenturyoratory Change image and share on social
I believe we are put here to improve civilisation. Seamus Heaney civilisationimproveput Change image and share on social
The amount of sensory material stored up or stored down in the brain's and the body's systems is inestimable. It's like a culture at the bottom of a jar, although it doesn't grow, I think, or help anything else to grow unless you find a way to reach it and touch it. Seamus Heaney amountbodybottom share on social
I don't think my intelligence is naturally analytic or political. Seamus Heaney analyticintelligencenaturally Change image and share on social
In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself. Seamus Heaney factlyricmedium Change image and 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
I've said it before about the Nobel Prize: it's like being struck by a more or less benign avalanche. It was unexpected, unlooked for, and extraordinary. Seamus Heaney avalanchebenignextraordinary 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
Memory has always been fundamental for me. In fact, remembering what I had forgotten is the way most of the poems get started. Seamus Heaney factforgetfundamental Change image and share on social
