To write well is to write with full responsibility for every... - Seamus Heaney

This quote is attributed to Seamus Heaney.

"To write well is to write with full responsibility for every word."

Seamus Heaney Justice

Poet Irish 1939–2013

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"Justice must always prevail."

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