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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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...

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

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...

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

'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

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...

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...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

Love and cowardice are really the same thing.

Love and cowardice are really the same thing.

We can't begin to understand what God has planned for us, But we face each...

We can't begin to understand what God has planned for us, But we face each...