What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say goodnight and then his mother put her face down. That was to kiss. His mother put her lips on his cheek; her lips were soft…

Quote by James Joyce

Topics: Kissing Quotes, Love Quotes

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.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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...

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.

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...

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 man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

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...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or...

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

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

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

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...

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 is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as...

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as...

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 actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

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

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

Men of genius are meteors intended to burn to light their century.

Men of genius are meteors intended to burn to light their century.

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign,...

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign,...