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James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish Novelist
Born: Feb 2, 1882
Died: Jan 13, 1941
Ireland Men Will Words World You
Related authors: Elizabeth Bowen Frank Delaney George A. Moore John Banville Laurence Sterne Maeve Binchy Robert Graves Roddy Doyle
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. James Joyce
Best Thoughts Men Actions
Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America. James Joyce
Christopher Everyone Honored Posterity He Columbus Knows Because Discover America Last
Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age. James Joyce
Age World Better Passion Other Some Fade Wither Glory Pass Than Full Boldly
There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being. James Joyce
Human Being Church Philosophy Abhorrent Human Being Which Heresy
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. James Joyce
Man Genius Intelligence Mistakes Makes His Discovery Errors Portals
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. James Joyce
Art Pleasure Recognize Part Schools Irresponsibility Cannot
I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality. James Joyce
Will Busy Way Immortality Only Arguing Put Puzzles Over Centuries Meant Many Keep Professors
Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion. James Joyce
Women Men Emotion Governed Lines Intellect Curves
A nation is the same people living in the same place. James Joyce
Patriotism People Nation Living Same Place
I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day. James Joyce
Today Future Day Tomorrow Yesterday Some Previous Am Establish Established
Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. James Joyce
Home You Yourself Think Way Way Home Run Longest Escaping Shortest Round
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not. James Joyce
Love Family Love Is World Mother Whatever Else Unsure Stinking
Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead. James Joyce
Me Those Battles Inspired Obvious Forehead Material Were Won Behind Your Fought
My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire. James Joyce
Words Mind Sinking Cold Through Quagmire Polished Stones Her
Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why. James Joyce
Writing Reading Torture Previous Most Sins Committed Public Explains Ingenious Reason English Why Ever Lives
The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole Life to reading my works. James Joyce
Life Reading He Demand Devote Make Reader His Should Whole Works
Ireland sober is Ireland stiff. James Joyce
Stiff Ireland Sober
He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as possible. James Joyce
World Possible He Within Without His Found Actual
Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. James Joyce
Sense Poetry Most Always Revolt Artifice Against Fantastic Apparently Even Actuality
You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman. James Joyce
You Woman Kingdom Like Forget Heaven Suffers Violence

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