The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.

Quote by James Joyce

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Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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

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

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.

And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he...

And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he...

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...

Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a...

Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a...

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...

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is...

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is...

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...

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...

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out...

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out...

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...

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...

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

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.

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at...

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at...

There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a...

There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a...

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.