“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

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Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer 1939–2013

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