All James Joyce Quotes
- Frequent and violent temptations were a proof that the citadel of the soul had not fallen and that the devil raged to make it fall. Citadel
- I see the regions of snow and ice, I see the sharp-eyed Samoiede and the Finn, I see the seal-seeker in his boat poising his… Atlantic
- Any object, intensely regarded, may be a gate of access to the incorruptible eons of the gods. Access
- He passes, struck by the stare of truculent Wellington but in the convex mirror grin unstruck the bonham eyes and fatchuck cheekchops of Jollypoldy the… Bonham
- All fiction is autobiographical fantasy. All
- One great part of every human existence is passed in a state which cannot be rendered sensible by the use of wideawake language, cutanddry grammar… Every Human
- To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life. Err
- People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus. Cactus
- O cold ! O shivery ! It was your ambrosial beauty. Forget, forgive. Kismet. Let me off this once. Ambrosial
- The important thing is not what we write but how we write, and in my opinion the modern writer must be an adventurer above all,… Adventurer
- When I die Dublin will be written on my heart. Die
- What was after the universe? Nothing. But was there anything round the universe to show where it stopped before the nothing place began? Began
- His heart danced upon her movement like a cork upon a tide. Cork
- Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must… Friendship
- Our souls, shamewounded by our sins, cling to us yet more, a woman to her lover clinging, the more the more. She trusts me, her… Beyond
- What birds were they? (...) He listened to the cries: like the squeak of mice be- hind the wainscot : a shrill twofold note. But… Air
- My puns are not trivial. They are quadrivial Inspiration
- Signatures of all things I am here to read. All
- Good puzzle would be cross Dublin without passing a pub. Cross
- 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. Eye