Quote by: Seamus Heaney

The amount of sensory material stored up or stored down in the brain's and the body's systems is inestimable. It's like a culture at the bottom of a jar, although it doesn't grow, I think, or help anything else to grow unless you find a way to reach it and touch it.


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Author Bio


  • NameSeamus Heaney
  • DescriptionIrish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer
  • BornApril 13, 1939
  • DiedAugust 30, 2013
  • CountryIreland
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Translator; Linguist; Poet; Writer
  • WorksDeath Of A Naturalist; District And Circle; Human Chain
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Cholmondeley Award; Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize; Eric Gregory Award