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

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

'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's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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...

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.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

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...

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.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

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...

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'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.

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...

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...