263 Quotes by Seamus Heaney

If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.

History says, Don’t hopeOn this side of the grave,But then, once in a lifetimeThe longed-for tidal waveOf justice can rise up,And hope and history rhyme

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.

That was their way, their heathenish hope; deep in their hearts they remembered hell.

Money has a long and sinister reach. It slips into the system, changes hands And starts to eat away at the foundations Of everything we stand for.

It is always betterto avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning.For every one of us, living in this worldmeans waiting for our end. Let whoever canwin glory before death. When a warrior is gone,that will be his best and only bulwark.

All I know is a door into the dark

Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.

The way we are living,timorous or bold,will have been our life.