Seamus Heaney Quote

It is difficult at times to repress the thought that history is about as instructive as an abattoir.


Nobel lecture, 7 December 1995


It is difficult at times to repress the thought that history is about as instructive as an abattoir.

It is difficult at times to repress the thought that history is about as instructive as an abattoir.

It is difficult at times to repress the thought that history is about as instructive as an abattoir.

It is difficult at times to repress the thought that history is about as instructive as an abattoir.