It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.
JAMES JOYCEI am, a stride at a time. A very short space of time through very short time of space.
More James Joyce Quotes
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Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?
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People could put up with being bitten by a wolf but what properly riled them was a bite from a sheep.
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To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.
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Civilization may be said indeed to be the creation of its outlaws.
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Every jackass going the roads thinks he has ideas.
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Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.
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They lived and laughed and loved and left.
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Masturbation! The amazing availability of it!
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The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring.
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I am, a stride at a time. A very short space of time through very short time of space.
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A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
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A man’s errors are his portals of discovery.
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Your battles inspired me – not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.
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I wanted real adventures to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.
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Shut your eyes and see.
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