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

Quote by James Joyce

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Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the 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...

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.

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...

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

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...

And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he...

And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he...

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...

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...

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than...

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than...

How the hell should I know? Most of the people my age are dead. You...

How the hell should I know? Most of the people my age are dead. You...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...