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

James Joyce

I’ve put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that’s the only way of insuring one’s immortality.
JAMES JOYCE

Argument Forever Way Writing
All fiction is autobiographical fantasy.
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Fantasy Fiction
People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.
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Flower People
Life is too short to read a bad book.
JAMES JOYCE

Book Life Reading
Absence, the highest form of presence.
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Absence One Liner Philosophy Presence
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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Cold Enough Yourself
Bury the dead. Say Robinson Crusoe was true to life. Well then Friday buried him. Every Friday buries a Thursday if you come to look at it.
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Death Life Philosophy True
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
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Discover Genius Life Man Mistake Spiritual
Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.
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Age Glory Passion World
O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it?
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Men Mind Understand
Time’s ruins build eternity’s mansions.
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Forever Ruin Time
Your battles inspired me – not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.
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Battle Inspirational Mindset
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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Adventure Home Reality Reflection
Moments of their secret life together burst like stars upon his memory.
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Memories Moments Secret Stars
There’s many a true word spoken in jest.
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Truth Word
Wipe your glasses with what you know.
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Glasses Wipe Yourself

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