Seamus Heaney

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Even if the last move did not succeed, the inner command says move again.

Seamus Heaney
even , last , move
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I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward.

Seamus Heaney
always , associated , moment
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I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible.

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poetry
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Poetry is a domestic art, most itself when most at home.

Seamus Heaney
poetry , domestic , most
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A person from Northern Ireland is naturally cautious.

Seamus Heaney
person , northern , ireland
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I think of Dermot Healy as the heir to Patrick Kavanagh.

Seamus Heaney
think , heir
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Your temperament is what you write with, but it's also how you deal with the world.

Seamus Heaney
your , temperament , write
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There's never going to be a united Ireland, you know.

Seamus Heaney
never , going , united
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History says, 'Don't hope on this side of the grave.'

Seamus Heaney
history , hope , side
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I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.

Seamus Heaney
begun , think , life
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If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness.

Seamus Heaney
poetry , arts , fortify
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My father and mother had no sense of entitlement for their children.

Seamus Heaney
father , mother , had
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It's difficult to learn poems off by heart that don't rhyme.

Seamus Heaney
difficult , learn , poems
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In a way, Anglo-Saxon poetry cannot be translated.

Seamus Heaney
poetry , cannot
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Eternal life can mean utter reverence for life itself.

Seamus Heaney
eternal , life , mean