James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.

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Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing...

Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing...

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if...

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if...

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.