It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the worst, and so grow gently old down all the unchanging days,…

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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

I missed you...and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a queer thing?

I missed you...and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a queer thing?

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.

Do we mean love, when we say love?

Do we mean love, when we say love?

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift,...

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift,...

If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.

If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist...

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist...

Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there,...

Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there,...

No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a...

No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a...

There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.

There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.

I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as...

I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as...

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I...

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I...