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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When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

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.

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.

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

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...

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...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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

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

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...

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

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...

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...

'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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...