Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained. Seamus Heaney dashhopemaintain Change image and share on social
The experiment of poetry, as far as I am concerned, happens when the poem carries you beyond where you could have reasonably expected to go. Seamus Heaney carryconcernexpect Change image and share on social
Your temperament is what you write with, but it's also how you deal with the world. Seamus Heaney dealtemperamentworld Change image and share on social
I've been in the habit of helping people. Seamus Heaney habithavehelp Change image and share on social
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 assentawardcome 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
The faking of feelings is a sin against the imagination. Seamus Heaney fakefeelingimagination Change image and share on social
