Seamus Heaney: Quotes about the world

Seamus Heaney was Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer. Explore interesting quotes on world.
Seamus Heaney: 58   quotes 1   like

“It is always better
to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning.
For every one of us, living in this world
means waiting for our end. Let whoever can
win glory before death. When a warrior is gone,
that will be his best and only bulwark.”

Seamus Heaney

Source: Beowulf

Death , World , Waiting

“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.”

Seamus Heaney
People , World , Understanding , Thinking