Seamus Heaney

"At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure."

"Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained."

"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."

"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."

"In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself."

"Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it."