Beowulf Seamus Heaney Quotes

#1. And a young prince must be prudent like that,
giving freely while his father lives
so that afterwards, in age when fighting starts
steadfast companions will stand by him
and hold the line.

Seamus Heaney

#2. Because while you wait for somebody to come around to make things right, life has already moved on without you.

Augesten Burroughs

#3. To encounter 'Beowulf' is like taking a sledgehammer to a quarry face. You must bang in there.

Seamus Heaney

#4. The mind-sets, views, and affective relations of human beings living in a shared world make a difference in what each of us thinks is possible, fitting, or just. A vast revolution can occur in that tiny space.

Jill Stauffer

#5. Whatever does not change you specially makes you different.

Nadair Desmar

#6. From the day Facebook launched in 2004, the profile was the most critical page on the site.

Joe Green

#7. Maybe this only had to be as big as I let it be. So why was I letting it be everything?

Laura Dave

#8. There was a willow hanging over the mill-pool and I learned to climb it. It belonged to a butcher on the Stratford Road, I think. One day they cut it down. They didn't do anything with it: the log just lay there. I never forgot that.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#9. Who could blame her for seeking my scars in return? When we are unhappy we hurt.

Graham Greene

#10. Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.

Seamus Heaney

#11. The white economic and political elite often failed to recognize blacks as American, just as blacks often failed to recognize their potential for advancement outside of the limited opportunities afforded them by whites.

W.E.B. Du Bois

#12. Let whoever can win glory before death.

Seamus Heaney

#13. He cocked his head to the side. "Did he die well?"
"He died screaming." Charlotte's bluntness startled Tessa.
"What a beautiful thing to hear.

Cassandra Clare

#14. In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf

Christopher Paolini

#15. It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.

Malala Yousafzai

#16. I'm tired of being lost and I'm tired of dying, so I'm going to try something different this time.

Tad Williams