His heart danced upon her movement like a cork upon a tide.
JAMES JOYCEAnd yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.
More James Joyce Quotes
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Life is too short to read a bad book.
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You can still die when the sun is shining.
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To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.
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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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Beware the horns of a bull, the heels of the horse, and the smile of an Englishman.
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There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.
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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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Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.
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All Moanday, Tearday, Wailsday, Thumpsday, Frightday, Shatterday.
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Children must be educated by love, not punishment.
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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 woman loses a charm with every pin she takes out.
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Places remember events.
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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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Let my country die for me.
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