Author: James Joyce

Quotes

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

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

- 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

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

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

- 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

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

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 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

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