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 light music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.
More James Joyce Quotes
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There’s many a true word spoken in jest.
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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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Men are governed by lines of intellect – women: by curves of emotion.
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All Moanday, Tearday, Wailsday, Thumpsday, Frightday, Shatterday.
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People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.
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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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The light music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.
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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.
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You can still die when the sun is shining.
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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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Let my country die for me.
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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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Children must be educated by love, not punishment.
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Every jackass going the roads thinks he has ideas.
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My puns are not trivial. They are quadrivial.
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