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

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

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

- 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

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

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

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

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

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.

- James Joyce

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