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I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

James Joyce

History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
JAMES JOYCE

Dream History Truth
My puns are not trivial. They are quadrivial.
JAMES JOYCE

Funny
There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.
JAMES JOYCE

Atheist Philosophy Religion
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 JOYCE

Eyes Heart Himself Life Past Story
And yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.
JAMES JOYCE

Fools Herself Name
Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves.
JAMES JOYCE

Brother Life Men Ourselves Walk Wife
Your battles inspired me – not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.
JAMES JOYCE

Battle Inspirational Mindset
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.
JAMES JOYCE

Experience Life Race Reality Soul Time
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
JAMES JOYCE

Discover Genius Life Man Mistake Spiritual
Beware the horns of a bull, the heels of the horse, and the smile of an Englishman.
JAMES JOYCE

Animal Smile
Men are governed by lines of intellect – women: by curves of emotion.
JAMES JOYCE

Curves Emotion Government Intellectual Men
The light music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.
JAMES JOYCE

Fall Light Music
Wipe your glasses with what you know.
JAMES JOYCE

Glasses Wipe Yourself
The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring.
JAMES JOYCE

Art Life Spring
Civilization may be said indeed to be the creation of its outlaws.
JAMES JOYCE

Civilization Creation
Shut your eyes and see.
JAMES JOYCE

Eyes One Liner See

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

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