The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole Life to reading my works.

Quote by James Joyce

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A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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

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

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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...

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

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.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

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...

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...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

'History,' Stephen said, 'is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake

'History,' Stephen said, 'is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake

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...

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.