All James Joyce Quotes
- 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. Body
- (...) The new nine muses, Commerce, Operatic Music, Amor, Publicity, Manufacture, Liberty of Specch, Plural Voting, Gastronomy, Private Hygiene, Seaside Concert Entertainments, Painless Obstetrics and… Amor
- To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher. Great
- Let my country die for me. Country
- What's yours is mine and what's mine is my own. Funny
- 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