Seamus Heaney

Quotes

• “I have always thought of poems as stepping stones in one's own sense of oneself. Every now and again, you write a poem t...”
• “History says, Don’t hopeOn this side of the grave,But then, once in a lifetimeThe longed-for tidal waveOf justice can ri...”
• “Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.”
• “All I know is a door into the dark”