All James Joyce Quotes
- People could put up with being bitten by a wolf but what properly riled them was a bite from a sheep. Bite
- Life is too short to read a bad book. Bad
- Deal with him, Hemingway! Deal
- You ask me why I don’t love you, but surely you must believe I am very fond of you and if to desire to possess… Admire
- I am, a stride at a time. A very short space of time through very short time of space. Inspirational
- I'd love to have the whole place swimming in roses Inspirational
- He asked himself what is a woman standing on the stairs in the shadow, listening to distant music, a symbol of. If he were a… Asked
- Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand. My eyes were often full of… Adoration
- Beware the horns of a bull, the heels of the horse, and the smile of an Englishman. Beware
- I wanted real adventures to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be… Abroad
- I am proud to be an emotionalist. Emotionalist
- Her image had passed into his soul for ever and no word had broken the holy silence of his ecstasy. Her eyes had called him… All
- Do you know what a pearl is and what an opal is? My soul when you came sauntering to me first through those sweet summer… Beautiful
- Can't bring back time. Like holding water in your hand. Back Time
- I hear the ruin of all space, shattered glass and toppled masonry, and time one livid final flame. All
- Time's ruins build eternity's mansions. Build
- Mistakes are the portals of discovery. Discovery
- A man's errors are his portals of discovery. Discovery
- Ineluctable modality of the visible; at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. Signatures of all things I am here to read. All
- The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. Actions
- I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and… All
- When I die Dublin will be written in my heart. Die
- I fear those big words which make us so unhappy. Big
- I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and the confidence and the risk-seeking profile that you need. Confidence
- Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible beacuse there must… Beacuse