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James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: - I think he died for me, she

- I think he died for me, she answered. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Why was he doubly irritated?Because he had forgotten

Why was he doubly irritated?
Because he had forgotten and because he remembered that he had reminded himself twice not to forget. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: He sopped other dies of bread in the

He sopped other dies of bread in the gravy and ate piece after piece of kidney. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Wery weeny wight, plead for Morandmor! Notre Dame

Wery weeny wight, plead for Morandmor! Notre Dame de la Ville, mercy of thy balmheartzyheat! — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea.

The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Love loves to love love.

Love loves to love love. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: The pleasures of love lasts but a fleeting

The pleasures of love lasts but a fleeting but the pledges of life outlusts a lieftime. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: There is only one thing that makes any

There is only one thing that makes any one athlete better than another, his heart. We all put our underwear on feet first, so we are all human. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: They listened feeling that flow endearing flow over

They listened feeling that flow endearing flow over skin limbs human heart soul spine. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: It is a symbol of Irish art. The

It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked lookingglass of a servant. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: It was hard work-a hard life-but now that

It was hard work-a hard life-but now that she was about to leave it she did not find it a wholly undesirable life. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Wipe your glosses with what you know.

Wipe your glosses with what you know. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By Joyce Meyer: Prayer makes tremendous power available (James 5:16). Don't

Prayer makes tremendous power available (James 5:16). Don't let your prayer life reflect weeds of inconsistency or neglect. — Joyce Meyer

James Joyce Quotes By Pamela Paul: James Joyce's Ulysses

James Joyce's Ulysses — Pamela Paul

James Joyce Quotes By John Fante: Careful, Arturo Bandini: don't strain your eyesight, remember

Careful, Arturo Bandini: don't strain your eyesight, remember what happened to Tarkington, remember what happened to James Joyce. — John Fante

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Deal with him, Hemingway!

Deal with him, Hemingway! — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: The movements which work revolutions in the world

The movements which work revolutions in the world are born out of the dreams and visions in a peasant's heart on the hillside. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By Danny Brassell: It doesn't matter if you prefer reading James

It doesn't matter if you prefer reading James Joyce or "James and the Giant Peach." Those who read more read better. — Danny Brassell

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Wonderlawn's lost us for ever. Alis, alas, she

Wonderlawn's lost us for ever. Alis, alas, she broke the glass! Liddell lokker through the leafery, ours is mistery of pain. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: It could not be a wall but there

It could not be a wall but there could be a thin thin line there all round everything. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: The world is before you

The world is before you — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Skipped off the gunrest and looked gravely at

Skipped off the gunrest and looked gravely at his watcher, gathering about his legs the loose folds of his — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: There's no police like Holmes.

There's no police like Holmes. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: ..they were yung and easily freudened..

..they were yung and easily freudened.. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Bury the dead. Say Robinson Crusoe was true

Bury the dead. Say Robinson Crusoe was true to life. Well then Friday buried him. Every Friday buries a Thursday if you come to look at it. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead,

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Moments of their secret life together burst like

Moments of their secret life together burst like stars upon his memory. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Bite my laughters, drink my tears. Pore into

Bite my laughters, drink my tears. Pore into me, volumes, spell me stark and spill me swooning, I just don't care what my thwarters think. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: We must go to Athens.

We must go to Athens. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: His eyes were dimmed with tears, and, looking

His eyes were dimmed with tears, and, looking humbly up to heaven, he wept for the innocence he had lost. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and

A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: It surprised him to see that the play

It surprised him to see that the play which he had known at rehearsals for a disjointed lifeless thing had suddenly assumed a life of its own. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Into the wikeawades warld from sleep we are

Into the wikeawades warld from sleep we are passing. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: God becomes man becomes fish becomes barnacle goose

God becomes man becomes fish becomes barnacle goose becomes featherbed mountain. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By Ovid: Et ignotas animum dimittit in artes, naturamque nouat.

Et ignotas animum dimittit in artes, naturamque nouat. (to arts unknown he bends his wits, and alters nature.) — Ovid

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Old father, old artificer, stand me now and

Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: I care not if I live but a

I care not if I live but a day and a night, so long as my deeds live after me. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: The peace of the gardens and the kindly

The peace of the gardens and the kindly lights in the windows poured a tender influence into his restless heart. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: My puns are not trivial. They are quadrivial

My puns are not trivial. They are quadrivial — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Hell is the centre of evils and, as

Hell is the centre of evils and, as you know, things are more intense at their centres than at their remotest points. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: With a pansy for the pussy in the

With a pansy for the pussy in the corner. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Love ... is in fact so unnatural a

Love ... is in fact so unnatural a phenomenon that it can scarcely repeat itself — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Why was the host (victim predestined) sad? He

Why was the host (victim predestined) sad?
He wished that a tale of a deed should be told of a deed not by him should by him not be told. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By Victor LaValle: Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being

Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic. — Victor LaValle

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: His mind seemed older than theirs: it shone

His mind seemed older than theirs: it shone coldly on their strifes and happiness and regrets like a moon upon a younger earth. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus

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

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: All things are inconstant except the faith in

All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: There's music along the river For Love wanders

There's music along the river
For Love wanders there,
Pale flowers on his mantle,
Dark leaves on his hair. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Why is it that words like these seem

Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name? — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: What is better than to sit at the

What is better than to sit at the end of the day and drink wine with friends, or substitutes for friends? — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Hold to the now, the here, through which

Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: And, as a mere matter of ficfect, I

And, as a mere matter of ficfect, I tell of myself how I popo possess the ripest littlums wifukie around the globelettes globes (...) — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: He found trivial all that was meant to

He found trivial all that was meant to charm him and did not answer the glances which invited him to be bold. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: preacher's tone:

preacher's tone: — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: He laughed to free his mind from his

He laughed to free his mind from his minds bondage. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: We are foolish, comic, motionless, corrupted, yet we

We are foolish, comic, motionless, corrupted, yet we are worthy of sympathy too. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Ah, poor dogsbody! Here lies poor dogsbody's body.

Ah, poor dogsbody! Here lies poor dogsbody's body. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Let us leave theories there and return to

Let us leave theories there and return to here's hear. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: What dreams would he have, not seeing. Life

What dreams would he have, not seeing. Life a dream for him. Where is the justice being born that way? — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Interpretations of interpretations interpreted.

Interpretations of interpretations interpreted. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Will ye, ay or nay?

Will ye, ay or nay? — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: I fear those big words which make us

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Pride and hope and desire like crushed herbs

Pride and hope and desire like crushed herbs in his heart sent up vapours of maddening incense before the eyes of his mind. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Yes, evening will find itself in me, without

Yes, evening will find itself in me, without me. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: He knew the way to take a woman

He knew the way to take a woman when he sent me the 8 big poppies because mine was the 8th — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: We are all born in the same way

We are all born in the same way but we all die in different ways. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: If my Spreadeagles Wasn't so Tight I'd Loosen

If my Spreadeagles Wasn't so Tight I'd Loosen my Cursits on that Bunch of Maggiestraps ... — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Thought is the thought of thought.

Thought is the thought of thought. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Even if we are often led to desire

Even if we are often led to desire through the sense of beauty can you say that the beautiful is what we desire? — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: White wine is like electricity. Red wine looks

White wine is like electricity. Red wine looks and tastes like a liquified beefsteak. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: His heart danced upon her movement like a

His heart danced upon her movement like a cork upon a tide. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: With will will we withstand, withsay.

With will will we withstand, withsay. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: And yet her name was like a summons

And yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Look at the woebegone walk of him. Eaten

Look at the woebegone walk of him. Eaten a bad egg. Poached eyes on ghost. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Let my country die for me.

Let my country die for me. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Stephen Dedalus, displeased and sleepy, leaned his arms

Stephen Dedalus, displeased and sleepy, leaned his arms on the top of the staircase and looked coldly at the shaking gurgling face that blessed him, — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: To say that a great genius is mad,

To say that a great genius is mad, while at the same time recognizing his artistic merit, is no better than to say he is rheumatic or diabetic. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: I think I would know Nora's fart anywhere.

I think I would know Nora's fart anywhere. I think I could pick hers out in a roomful of farting women. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: To live, to err, to fall, to triumph,

To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which

History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: I have left my book, I have left

I have left my book,
I have left my room,
For I heard you singing
Through the gloom. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: To discover the mode of life or of

To discover the mode of life or of art whereby my spirit could express itself in unfettered freedom. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: nannygoat walking surefooted, dropping currants.

nannygoat walking surefooted, dropping currants. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Every bond is a bond to sorrow.

Every bond is a bond to sorrow. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: [A writer is] a priest of eternal imagination,

[A writer is] a priest of eternal imagination, transmuting the daily bread of experience into the radiant body of everliving life. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: And then I asked him with my eyes

And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: A nation is the same people living in

A nation is the same people living in the same place. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: What? Corpus. Body. Corpse. Good idea the Latin.

What? Corpus. Body. Corpse. Good idea the Latin. Stupifies them first. Hospice for the dying. They don't seem to chew it; only swallow it down. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: I am quite content to go down to

I am quite content to go down to posterity as a scissors and paste man for that seems to me a harsh but not unjust description — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: My eyes were often full of tears (I

My eyes were often full of tears (I could not tell why) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Like the tender fires of stars moments of

Like the tender fires of stars moments of their life together, that no one knew of or would ever know of, broke upon and illuminated his memory. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: So he had sunk to the state of

So he had sunk to the state of a beast that licks his chaps after meat. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: I fear those big words, Stephen said, which

I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By Italo Svevo: A novelist who ranks with Proust , Kafka

A novelist who ranks with Proust , Kafka , Musil and his friend James Joyce as one of the enduring pillars of Modernism. — Italo Svevo

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: And you'll miss me more as the narrowing

And you'll miss me more as the narrowing weeks wing by. Someday duly, oneday truly, twosday newly, till whensday. — James Joyce

James Joyce Quotes By James Joyce: Do you feel how profound that is because

Do you feel how profound that is because you are a poet? — James Joyce