--- title: "3 Nora Barnacle Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "Nora Barnacle Joyce was the muse and wife of Irish author James Joyce. Browse 3 Nora Barnacle quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-nora-barnacle-78804.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Nora Barnacle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-nora-barnacle-78804.jpg) # Nora Barnacle (1884–1951) Writer Ireland **3** quotes in **18** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Nora Barnacle was a writer from Ireland. ## Quick Facts About Nora Barnacle Born March 21, 1884 Died April 10, 1951 Nationality Ireland Profession Writer Spouse James Joyce ## About Nora Barnacle Nora Barnacle Joyce was the muse and wife of Irish author James Joyce. ## Quotes by Nora Barnacle > [“I go to bed and then that man sits in the next room and continues laughing about his own writing. And then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-barnacle/i-go-to-bed-and-then-that-man-sits-in-the-next-room-and-continues/) [Nora Barnacle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-barnacle/) [James-joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/james-joyce-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/nora-barnacle-78804_james-joyce_i-go-to-bed-and-then-that-man-sits-in-th_632218.png) > [I don't know whether my husband is a genius or not, but he certainly has a dirty mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-barnacle/i-don-t-know-whether-my-husband-is-a-genius-or-not-but-he-certainly/) [Nora Barnacle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-barnacle/) [Dirty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dirty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/nora-barnacle-78804_dirty_i-don-t-know-whether-my-husband-is-a-gen_1073457.png) > [Why don't you write books people can read?(to her husband James)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-barnacle/why-don-t-you-write-books-people-can-read-to-her-husband-james/) [Nora Barnacle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-barnacle/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/nora-barnacle-78804_book_why-don-t-you-write-books-people-can-rea_1532092.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-barnacle/#itemlist", "name": "Nora Barnacle Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I go to bed and then that man sits in the next room and continues laughing about his own writing. 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