Moments of their secret life together burst like stars upon his memory.
JAMES JOYCEGod made food; the devil the cooks.
More James Joyce Quotes
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It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.
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A man’s errors are his portals of discovery.
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Children must be educated by love, not punishment.
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In the particular is contained the universal.
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We are all born in the same way but we all die in different ways.
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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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Your battles inspired me – not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.
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There’s many a true word spoken in jest.
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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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A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
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I care not if I live but a day and a night, so long as my deeds live after me.
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The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is another question.
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All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light.
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Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it.
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And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes.
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