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James Joyce quotes

Irish Novelist February 2, 1882 – January 13, 1941

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James Joyce quote: "When I makes tea I makes tea, as old mother Grogan said. And..."
When I makes tea I makes tea, as old mother Grogan said. And when I makes water I makes water. James Joyce
It is seriously believed by some that the intention may have been geodetic, or, in the view of the cannier, domestic economical. But by writing thithaways end to end and turning, turning and end to end hithaways writing and with lines of litters slittering up and louds of latters slettering down, the old semetomyplace and jupetbackagain from tham Let Raise till Hum Lit. Sleep, where in the waste is the wisdom? James Joyce
James Joyce quote: "His eyes were dimmed with tears and, looking humbly up to..."
His eyes were dimmed with tears and, looking humbly up to heaven, he wept for the innocence he had lost. James Joyce
Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why. James Joyce
But though there were different names for God in all the different languages in the world and God understood what all the people whoprayed said in their different languages still God remained always thesame God and God's real name was God. James Joyce
A dim antagonism gathered force within him and darkened his mind as a cloud against her disloyalty: and when it passed, cloudlike, leaving his mind serene and dutiful towards her again, he was made aware dimly and without regret of a first noiseless sundering of their lives. James Joyce
James Joyce quote: "Know all men, he said, time's ruins build eternity's mansions."
Know all men, he said, time's ruins build eternity's mansions. James Joyce
And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes. James Joyce
James Joyce quote: "Oftwhile balbulous, mithre ahead, with goodly trowel in grasp..."
Oftwhile balbulous, mithre ahead, with goodly trowel in grasp and ivoroiled overalls which he habitacularly fondseed... James Joyce
James Joyce quote: "Good puzzle would be cross Dublin without passing a pub."
Good puzzle would be cross Dublin without passing a pub. James Joyce
In the soft grey silence he could hear the bump of the balls: and from here and from there through the quiet air the sound of the cricket bats: pick, pack, pock, puck: like drops of water in a fountain falling softly in the brimming bowl. James Joyce
Ineluctable modality of the visible: at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. Signatures of all things I am here to read, seaspawn and seawrack, the nearing tide, that rusty boot. Snotgreen, bluesilver, rust: coloured signs. Limits of the diaphane. But he adds: in bodies. James Joyce
What birds were they? (...) He listened to the cries: like the squeak of mice be- hind the wainscot : a shrill twofold note. But the notes were long and shrill and whirring, unlike the cry of vermin, falling a third or a fourth and trilled as the flying beaks clove the air. Their cry was shrill and clear and fine and falling like threads of silken light unwound from whirring spools. James Joyce
James Joyce quote: "Lord, heap miseries upon us yet entwine our arts with..."
Lord, heap miseries upon us yet entwine our arts with laughters low. James Joyce
Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger. James Joyce

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