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Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

Seamus Heaney

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Seamus Heaney
Age: 74 †
Born: 1939
Born: April 13
Died: 2013
Died: August 30
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Seamus Justin Heaney
Seamus Heaney
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I always believed that whatever had to be written would somehow get itself written.
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Walk on air against your better judgement.
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I drink to keep body and soul apart.
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I shall gain glory or die.
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At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.
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