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
Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it. Seamus Heaney mysteriouspoetryrelationship Change image and share on social
Sonnet is about movement in a form. Seamus Heaney formmovementsonnet Change image and share on social
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 basebrutalitychange share on social
It is very true to say that work done by writers is quite often an attempt to give solid expression to that which is bothering them... They feel they have got it right if they express the stress. Seamus Heaney attemptbotherexpress Change image and share on social
My language and my sensibility are yearning to admit a kind of religious or transcendent dimension. But then there's the reality: there's no Heaven, no afterlife of the sort we were promised, and no personal God. Seamus Heaney admitafterlifedimension share on social
I don't do as many readings as I used to. There was a time when I was on the road a lot more, at home in Ireland, in Britain, in Canada and the States, a time when I had more stamina and appetite for it. Seamus Heaney appetitebritaincanada share on social
You can have Irish identity in the north and also have your Irish passport. Seamus Heaney identityirishnorth Change image and share on social
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 fireinitiativekit 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
