The murder of Sean Brown hurt my soul. Seamus Heaney brownhurtmurder 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
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
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 experimental poetry thing is not my thing. It's a programme of the avant-garde: basically a refusal of the kind of poetry I write. Seamus Heaney avantbasicallyexperimental 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
What I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar. Seamus Heaney familiarfamoushalf 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
I always believed that whatever had to be written would somehow get itself written. Seamus Heaney believewrite Change image and share on social
The problem as you get older... is that you become more self-aware. At the same time, you have to surprise yourself. There's no way of arranging the surprise, so it is tricky. Seamus Heaney arrangeawareold Change image and share on social
