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

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...

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...

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...

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

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...

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...

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...

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

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...

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

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...

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.

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.

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...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

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

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