Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.

Quote by James Joyce

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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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

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...

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...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

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.

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...

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.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

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.