Books Quote by Ernest J. Gaines
““Then he spoke of James Joyce. He told about Joyce’s family, his religion, his education, his writing. He spoke of a book called Dubliners and a story in the book titled “Ivy Day in the Committee Room.” Regardless of race, regardless of class, that story was universal, he said.””
![“You have turned your back on common men, on their elementary needs and their restricted time and intelligence [...] I ask: who the hell is this Joyce who demands so many waking hours of the few thousands I have still to live for a proper appreciation of his quirks and fancies and flashes of…” quote by H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a00/h-g-wells-2-1299_gratitude_you-have-turned-your-back-on-common-men_1789049.jpg)
![“[on the Irish] A race of poets and wordsmiths, my ass.” quote by M. Edward McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/843/m-edward-mcnally-258505_poetry_on-the-irish-a-race-of-poets-and-wordsmi_931830.jpg)
![“In respect of the recurrent emergence of the theme of sex in the minds of [Joyce's] characters, it must always be remembered that his locale was Celtic and his season spring.” quote by John Munro Woolsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/77b/john-munro-woolsey-94809_joyce_in-respect-of-the-recurrent-emergence-of_1682756.jpg)
