Inspirational Quotes by Seamus Heaney — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

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

“What possesses the poor souls? Why this mad desire”

“Let whoever can win glory before death.”

“I want away to the house of death, to my father under the low, clay roof.”

“I suppose I'm saying that defiance is actually part of the lyric job”

“Is there life before death? That’s chalked up”

“Postscript”

“There is risk and truth to yourselves and the world before you.”

“I rhyme”

“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.”

“Since when," he asked,”

“The way we are living,”

“Between my finger and my thumb”

“All I know is a door into the dark”

“History says, Don’t hope”

“It is always better”

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