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" God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear. "
James Joyce
Hear
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" Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not. "
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" I fear those big words which make us so unhappy. "
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" Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age. "
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" 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. "
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" You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman. "
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" My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions. "
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" If Ireland is to become a new Ireland she must first become European. "
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" Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead. "
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" Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why. "
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" Mistakes are the portals of discovery. "
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" It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked looking-glass of a servant. "
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" Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. "
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" No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination. "
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Pen
" Nations have their ego, just like individuals. "
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" When I die Dublin will be written in my heart. "
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Dublin
" He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as possible. "
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Found
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" 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. "
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Child
" I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality. "
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" Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America. "
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" Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment. "
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" A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. "
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