I suppose you inevitably fall into habits of expression. Seamus Heaney expressionfallhabit Change image and share on social
I spend almost every morning with mail. Seamus Heaney mailmorningspend Change image and share on social
We go to poetry, we go to literature in general, to be forwarded within ourselves. Seamus Heaney forwardgeneralliterature Change image and share on social
My experience is that prose usually equals duty - last minute, overdue-deadline stuff or a panic lecture to be written. Seamus Heaney deadlinedutyequal 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 suppose you could say my father's world was Thomas Hardy and my mother's D.H. Lawrence. Seamus Heaney fatherhardylawrence Change image and share on social
I think childhood is, generally speaking, a preparation for disappointment. Seamus Heaney childhooddisappointmentgenerally 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 think of Dermot Healy as the heir to Patrick Kavanagh. Seamus Heaney dermothealyheir Change image and share on social
I feel myself part of something. Not only being part of a community but part of an actual moment and a movement of Irish writing and art. That sense of being part of the whole thing is the deepest joy. Seamus Heaney actualartcommunity share on social
