Author: James Joyce

Quotes

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

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

- James Joyce

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

- 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

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

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.

- James Joyce

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality.

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality.

- James Joyce

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

- James Joyce

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

- James Joyce

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