--- title: "15 Long Quotes By James Joyce" description: "15 Long quotes by James Joyce. Plus more from James Joyce and more Long sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/james-joyce-281_care_i-care-not-if-i-live-but-a-day-and-a-nig_2103958.jpg" --- > [I care not if I live but a day and a night, so long as my deeds live after me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/i-care-not-if-i-live-but-a-day-and-a-night-so-long-as-my-deeds-live/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/james-joyce-281_care_i-care-not-if-i-live-but-a-day-and-a-nig_2103958.jpg) > [I don't want to die. Damn death. Long live life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/i-don-t-want-to-die-damn-death-long-live-life/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/james-joyce-281_damn_i-don-t-want-to-die-damn-death-long-live_2224180.jpg) > [Thanks be to God we lived so long and did so much good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/thanks-be-to-god-we-lived-so-long-and-did-so-much-good/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/james-joyce-281_gratitude_thanks-be-to-god-we-lived-so-long-and-di_2726305.jpg) > [It seems to me you do not care what banality a man expresses so long as he expresses it in Irish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/it-seems-to-me-you-do-not-care-what-banality-a-man-expresses-so-long/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/james-joyce-281_banality_it-seems-to-me-you-do-not-care-what-bana_2675465.jpg) > [When one reads these strange pages of one long gone one feels that one is at one with one who once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/when-one-reads-these-strange-pages-of-one-long-gone-one-feels-that/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/james-joyce-281_feels_when-one-reads-these-strange-pages-of-on_1354126.jpg) > [A way a lone a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/a-way-a-lone-a-last-a-loved-a-long-the-riverrun-past-eve-and-adam-s/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/james-joyce-281_adam_a-way-a-lone-a-last-a-loved-a-long-the-r_177120.jpg) > [Michael Robartes remembers forgotten beauty and, when his arms wrap her round, he presses in his arms the loveliness which has long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/michael-robartes-remembers-forgotten-beauty-and-when-his-arms-wrap/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/james-joyce-281_arms_michael-robartes-remembers-forgotten-bea_1131392.jpg) > [Gentle lady, do not sing Sad songs about the end of love; Lay aside sadness and sing How love that passes is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/gentle-lady-do-not-sing-sad-songs-about-the-end-of-love-lay-aside/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/james-joyce-281_end-of-love_gentle-lady-do-not-sing-sad-songs-about_824229.jpg) > [You made me confess the fears that I have. But I will tell you also what I do not fear. I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/you-made-me-confess-the-fears-that-i-have-but-i-will-tell-you-also/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e2/james-joyce-281_do-not-fear_you-made-me-confess-the-fears-that-i-hav_1900268.jpg) > [O thanks be to the great God I got somebody to give me what I badly wanted to put some heart up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/o-thanks-be-to-the-great-god-i-got-somebody-to-give-me-what-i-badly/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/james-joyce-281_chance_o-thanks-be-to-the-great-god-i-got-someb_2628647.jpg) > [It soared, a bird, it held its flight, a swift pure cry, soar silver orb it leaped serene, speeding, sustained, to come,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/it-soared-a-bird-it-held-its-flight-a-swift-pure-cry-soar-silver-orb/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/james-joyce-281_bird_it-soared-a-bird-it-held-its-flight-a-sw_290168.jpg) > [Then Nuvoletta reflected for the last time in her little long life and she made up all her myriads of drifting minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/then-nuvoletta-reflected-for-the-last-time-in-her-little-long-life/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/james-joyce-281_brooks_then-nuvoletta-reflected-for-the-last-ti_1176628.jpg) > [I see the regions of snow and ice, I see the sharp-eyed Samoiede and the Finn, I see the seal-seeker in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/i-see-the-regions-of-snow-and-ice-i-see-the-sharp-eyed-samoiede-and/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/589/james-joyce-281_boat_i-see-the-regions-of-snow-and-ice-i-see_1241971.jpg) > [In this life our sorrows are either not very long or not very great because nature either overcomes them by habits or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/in-this-life-our-sorrows-are-either-not-very-long-or-not-very-great/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/james-joyce-281_ends_in-this-life-our-sorrows-are-either-not_3002202.jpg) > [What birds were they? (...) He listened to the cries: like the squeak of mice be- hind the wainscot : a shrill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/what-birds-were-they-he-listened-to-the-cries-like-the-squeak-of-mice/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/james-joyce-281_air_what-birds-were-they-he-listened-to-the_2795569.jpg) ## Other authors on Long ## More by James Joyce > [He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/he-found-in-the-world-without-as-actual-what-was-in-his-world-within/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [“Ah, poor dogsbody! Here lies poor dogsbody's body.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/ah-poor-dogsbody-here-lies-poor-dogsbody-s-body/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/our-civilization-bequeathed-to-us-by-fierce-adventurers-eaters-of/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [Shaw's works make me admire the magnificent tolerance and broadmindedness of the english.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/shaw-s-works-make-me-admire-the-magnificent-tolerance-and/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [“Do you know what Ireland is?' asked Stephen with cold violence. 'Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/do-you-know-what-ireland-is-asked-stephen-with-cold-violence-ireland/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [The studious silence of the library ... Thought is the thought of thought. Tranquil brightness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/the-studious-silence-of-the-library-thought-is-the-thought-of-thought/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [“two cronies drank to the memory of their past. An abyss of fortune or of temperament sundered him from them. His mind seemed older…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/two-cronies-drank-to-the-memory-of-their-past-an-abyss-of-fortune-or/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [He passes, struck by the stare of truculent Wellington but in the convex mirror grin unstruck the bonham eyes and fatchuck cheekchops of Jollypoldy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/he-passes-struck-by-the-stare-of-truculent-wellington-but-in-the/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [“-Qui vous a mis dans cette fichue position?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/qui-vous-a-mis-dans-cette-fichue-position/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [I hear the ruin of all space, shattered glass and toppled masonry, and time one livid final flame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/i-hear-the-ruin-of-all-space-shattered-glass-and-toppled-masonry-and/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [Full many a flower is born to blush unseen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/full-many-a-flower-is-born-to-blush-unseen/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [In woman's womb word is made flesh but in the spirit of the maker all flesh that passes becomes the word that shall not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/in-woman-s-womb-word-is-made-flesh-but-in-the-spirit-of-the-maker-all/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [Though people may read more into Ulysses than I ever intended, who is to say that they are wrong: do any of us know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/though-people-may-read-more-into-ulysses-than-i-ever-intended-who-is/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/history-stephen-said-is-a-nightmare-from-which-i-am-trying-to-awake/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) > [“It flows purling, widely flowing, floating foampool, flower unfurling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/it-flows-purling-widely-flowing-floating-foampool-flower-unfurling/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/long/james-joyce/#itemlist", "name": "15 Long Quotes By James Joyce", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I care not if I live but a day and a night, so long as my deeds live after me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Joyce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/i-care-not-if-i-live-but-a-day-and-a-night-so-long-as-my-deeds-live/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/james-joyce-281_care_i-care-not-if-i-live-but-a-day-and-a-nig_2103958.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/james-joyce-281_care_i-care-not-if-i-live-but-a-day-and-a-nig_2103958.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/james-joyce-281_care_i-care-not-if-i-live-but-a-day-and-a-nig_2103958.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I care not if I live but a day and a night, so long as my deeds live after me.” — James Joyce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want to die. 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