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 JOYCEThe pleasures of love lasts but a fleeting but the pledges of life outlusts a lifetime.
More James Joyce Quotes
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In the particular is contained the universal.
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People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.
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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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There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.
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Moments of their secret life together burst like stars upon his memory.
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There’s no friends like the old friends.
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Masturbation! The amazing availability of it!
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Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.
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Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it.
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Time’s ruins build eternity’s mansions.
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Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.
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You can still die when the sun is shining.
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Wipe your glasses with what you know.
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White pudding and eggs and sausages and cups of tea! How simple and beautiful was life after all!
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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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