O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it?
JAMES JOYCEI desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world.
More James Joyce Quotes
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A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
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It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.
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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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Men are governed by lines of intellect – women: by curves of emotion.
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Time is, time was, but time shall be no more.
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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.
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Wipe your glasses with what you know.
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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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Children must be educated by love, not punishment.
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They lived and laughed and loved and left.
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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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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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We are all born in the same way but we all die in different ways.
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An Irishman needs three things : silence, cunnning, and exile.
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