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 JOYCECivilization may be said indeed to be the creation of its outlaws.
More James Joyce Quotes
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I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world.
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In the particular is contained the universal.
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All Moanday, Tearday, Wailsday, Thumpsday, Frightday, Shatterday.
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Time’s ruins build eternity’s mansions.
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One great part of every human existence is passed in a state which cannot be rendered sensible by the use of wideawake language, cutanddry grammar and goahead plot.
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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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Men are governed by lines of intellect – women: by curves of emotion.
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Places remember events.
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Time is, time was, but time shall be no more.
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Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it.
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The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is another question.
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The light music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.
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To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life.
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I am, a stride at a time. A very short space of time through very short time of space.
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We are all born in the same way but we all die in different ways.
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