I am in the Pitte, but I have gone so deep that I can see the brightness of the Starres at Noon.

The endless chatter of this journey had wearied me.

Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death.

No poet is ever completely lost. He has the secret of his childhood safe with him, like some secret cave in which he can kneel. And, when we read his poetry, we can join him there.

As a Londoner I was able to see how the world of power and money cast its shadow on those who failed.

I saw a ghost once, about 20 years ago. It took the form of someone coming out of a sleeping body and sitting at the foot of the bed.

What captivity has been to the Jews, exile has been to the Irish. For us, the romance of our native land begins only after we have left home; it is really only with other people that we become Irishmen.