Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.

Quote by James Joyce

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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...

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.

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 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...

'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 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...

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

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...

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...

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

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...

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...