No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

Quote by James Joyce

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Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in...

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in...

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...

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...

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

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.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

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.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

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...

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

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...

If Ireland is to become a new Ireland she must first become European.

If Ireland is to become a new Ireland she must first become European.

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

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

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

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

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.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

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...