At home in Ireland, theres a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. – Seamus Heaney
Manifesting that order of poetry where we can at last grow up to that which we stored up as we grew. – Seamus Heaney
Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained. – Seamus Heaney
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. – Sir Winston Churchill