Life I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center. Seamus Heaney 31
Attitude At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. Seamus Heaney 27
Positive As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note. Seamus Heaney 29
Peace Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself... Seamus Heaney 26
Trust But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change... Seamus Heaney 24
