“When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Foundation.” MindFirstsLittlesEndsNamesCitiesFoundationGuestsAcademyNobelSwedishStockholm Book:Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996 Source: Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996
“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.” WorldMeanEndsWinningWaitingGoneThis WorldGloryDearWarriorMourningIndulgeIndulge InBefore DeathDear Ones Book:Beowulf Source: Beowulf
“The end of art is peace.” ArtEndsArt Is Book:Preoccupations: Selected Prose, 1968-1978 Source: Preoccupations: Selected Prose, 1968-1978
“No bit of the natural world is more valuable or more vulnerable than the tree bit. Nothing is more like ourselves, standing upright, caught between heaven and earth, frail at the extremities, yet strong at the central trunk, and nothing is closer to us at the beginning and at the end, providing the timber boards that frame both the cradle and the coffin.” WorldEndsEarthStrongHeavenBitsNaturalTreeStandingCaughtValuableVulnerableBoardsProvidingNatural WorldCradleHeaven And EarthCoffinsFrailTrunksExtremityTimber Author:Seamus Heaney
