263 Quotes by Seamus Heaney

Don't be surprised if I demur, for, be advised my passport's green. No glass of ours was ever raised to toast The Queen.

Over the waves, with the wind behind her and foam at her neck, she flew like a bird until her curved prow had covered the distance...

The ‘voice of sanity’ is getting hoarse.

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

History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme.

The completely solitary self: that’s where poetry comes from, and it gets isolated by crisis, and those crises are often very intimate also.

Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what’s said and what’s done.

All I know is a door into the dark.

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