Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a phenomenon that it can scarcely repeat itself, the soul being unable to become virgin again and not having energy enough to cast itself out again…

Quote by James Joyce

Topics: Love Quotes

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...

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...

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy...

I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy...

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than...

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than...

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

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

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.

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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...

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 am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

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...

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools...

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools...

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...

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...