"I'm not personally obsessed with death. At a certain age, the light that you live in is inhabited by the shades - it 'tis."
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Quotes by Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney, born on April 13, 1939, in County Derry, Northern Ireland, was a profoundly influential poet, playwright, and translator, whose work explored themes of identity, nature, and the complexities of the human condition. Renowned for his ability to weave personal experience with rich historical and cultural narratives, Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. His legacy endures through timeless collections like "Death of a Naturalist" and "North," celebrating his distinct voice that continues to resonate with readers around the world.
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"In a war situation or where violence and injustice are prevalent, poetry is called upon to be something more than a thing of beauty."
Seamus Heaney
"I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center."
Seamus Heaney"If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness."
Seamus Heaney"The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost."
Seamus Heaney
"I feel myself part of something. Not only being part of a community but part of an actual moment and a movement of Irish writing and art. That sense of being part of the whole thing is the deepest joy."
Seamus Heaney
"But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based."
Seamus Heaney