Bogland is the wet centre that grew the country. - Seamus Heaney

"Bogland is the wet centre that grew the country."

Seamus Heaney Nature

Poet Irish 1939–2013

More from Seamus Heaney

"Between my finger and my thumb the squat pen rests; snug as a gun."

"Whatever is given can be taken away."

"The main thing is to get the mood right."

"Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work."

"Nature teaches us about beauty."

"Nature teaches us patience and wisdom"

"Sometimes it snows in April."

"Every town has a soul, and Twin Peaks has a troubled one."