There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.
JAMES JOYCEJesus was a bachelor and never lived with a woman. Surely living with a woman is one of the most difficult things a man has to do, and he never did it.
More James Joyce Quotes
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People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.
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We are all born in the same way but we all die in different ways.
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All fiction is autobiographical fantasy.
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And yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.
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His heart danced upon her movement like a cork upon a tide.
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Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.
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God made food; the devil the cooks.
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Wipe your glasses with what you know.
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Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
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The light music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.
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Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.
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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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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.
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Fall if you will, but rise you must.
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Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.
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