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

Quote by James Joyce

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Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

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...

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...

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...

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.

What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say...

What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say...

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.

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in...

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in...

I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy...

I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy...

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...

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

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...

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is...

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love 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...