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James Joyce quotes about beauty

Irish Novelist February 2, 1882 – January 13, 1941

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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 a person wholly, to admire and honour that person deeply, and to seek to secure that person’s happiness in every way is to “love” then perhaps my affection for you is a kind of love. I will tell you this that your soul seems to me to be the most beautiful and simple soul in the world and it may be because I am so conscious of this when I look at you that my love or affection for you... James Joyce
James Joyce quote: "He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words,..."
He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music. James Joyce
She said he just looked as if he was asleep, he looked that peaceful and resigned. No one would think he'd make such a beautiful corpse. James Joyce
James Joyce quote: "No one would think he'd make such a beautiful corpse."
No one would think he'd make such a beautiful corpse. James Joyce
Michael Robartes remembers forgotten beauty and, when his arms wrap her round, he presses in his arms the loveliness which has long faded from the world. Not this. Not at all. I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world. James Joyce
James Joyce quote: "The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful...."
The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question. James Joyce

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