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

Quote by James Joyce

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A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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...

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as...

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church 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.

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

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...

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

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...

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...

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.

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools...

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools...