"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,tha..."
- Seamus Heaney
"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"
"If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way."
"All I know is a door into the dark"
"I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world."
"I rhymeTo see myself, to set the darkness echoing."
"There is risk and truth to yourselves and the world before you. "
"Since when," he asked,"Are the first line and last line of any poemWhere the poem begins and ends?"
"I suppose I'm saying that defiance is actually part of the lyric job"
"He sits, strong and blunt as a Celtic cross, Clearly used to silence and an armchair: Tonight the wife and children will be quiet At slammed door and smoker's cough in the hall."