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

Quote by James Joyce

Topics: James Joyce Quotes

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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...

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

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...

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...

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...

My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

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.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

'History,' Stephen said, 'is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake

'History,' Stephen said, 'is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

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...

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is...

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is...

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...

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

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...

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...

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out...

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out...