Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.
Seamus HeaneyRead
The murder of Sean Brown hurt my soul.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses deep sorrow and emotional pain caused by a tragic event.
Seamus Heaney's reflection on the murder of Sean Brown encapsulates the profound impact of violence and loss on an individual's spirit. It conveys how such events resonate deeply within the community and the human experience, highlighting the struggle to comprehend and cope with the devastation caused by senseless acts of brutality.
Themes
MourningViolenceImpactLossSorrow
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech addressing community violence, you might say, 'As Seamus Heaney expressed, the murder of Sean Brown hurt my soul, reminding us of the pain we feel when violence touches our lives.'
More from Seamus Heaney
All quotes βWhat I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar.
Seamus HeaneyRead
The kinds of truth that art gives us many, many times are small truths. They don't have the resonance of an encyclical from the Pope stating an eternal truth, but they partake of the quality of eternity. There is a sort of timeless delight in them.
Seamus HeaneyRead
If self is a location, so is love: Bearings taken, markings, cardinal points, Options, obstinacies, dug heels, and distance, Here and there and now and then, a stance.
Seamus HeaneyRead
In my early teens, I acquired a kind of representative status: went on behalf of the family to wakes and funerals and so on. And I would be counted on as an adult contributor when it came to farm work - the hay in the summertime, for example.
Seamus HeaneyRead
I think that water is immediately interesting. It's just, as an element, it is full of life. It is associated with origin; it is bright - it reflects you.
Seamus HeaneyRead
Similar quotes
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
Paulo CoelhoRead
Harry, you wonderful boy, you brave, brave man.
J. K. RowlingRead
You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle.
Gertrude SteinRead
The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and for ill, the start of combat.
Nancy GibbsRead
I wished I died in that attack with my cousin, with my south Vietnamese soldiers. I wish I died at that time so I won't suffer like that anymore... it was so hard for me to carry all that burden with that hatred, with that anger and bitterness.
Phan Thi Kim PhucRead