Author: James Joyce

Quotes

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

- James Joyce

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

- James Joyce

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.

- James Joyce

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

- James Joyce

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

- James Joyce

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

- James Joyce

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

- James Joyce

A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

- James Joyce

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.

- James Joyce

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