There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.

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Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat...

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not...

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not...

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.