His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.
JAMES JOYCEAbsence, the highest form of presence.
More James Joyce Quotes
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His heart danced upon her movement like a cork upon a tide.
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Children must be educated by love, not punishment.
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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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A woman loses a charm with every pin she takes out.
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My puns are not trivial. They are quadrivial.
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Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.
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A man’s errors are his portals of discovery.
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Civilization may be said indeed to be the creation of its outlaws.
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All Moanday, Tearday, Wailsday, Thumpsday, Frightday, Shatterday.
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Love loves to love love.
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The heaventree of stars hung with humid nightblue fruit.
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One great part of every human existence is passed in a state which cannot be rendered sensible by the use of wideawake language, cutanddry grammar and goahead plot.
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People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.
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Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.
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O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it?
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