Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Quote by James Joyce

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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...

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

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...

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...

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

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...

Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a...

Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a...

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.

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

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...

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...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

'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 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...

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

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.

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

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

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.

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...