What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say goodnight and then his mother put her face down. That was to kiss. His mother put her lips on his cheek; her lips were soft…

Quote by James Joyce

Topics: Kissing Quotes, Love Quotes

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at...

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at...

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

If Ireland is to become a new Ireland she must first become European.

If Ireland is to become a new Ireland she must first become European.

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and...

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and...

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought...

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as...

He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as...

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to...

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to...

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous...

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or...

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...