Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

Quote by James Joyce

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I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

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.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

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.

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

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...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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...

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

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.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say...

What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say...

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

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...

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

If it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language,...

If it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language,...

Only the slow reader will notice the odd crowd of images-flier, butcher, seal-which have gathered...

Only the slow reader will notice the odd crowd of images-flier, butcher, seal-which have gathered...