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

Quote by James Joyce

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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...

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

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.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

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...

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.

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.

'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

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in...

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in...

There is a history in all men's lives.

There is a history in all men's lives.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate...

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate...