807 Quotes by James Joyce

In woman's womb word is made flesh but in the spirit of the maker all flesh that passes becomes the word that shall not pass away. This is the postcreation.

He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as possible.

I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world.

My eyes were often full of tears (I could not tell why) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out.

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

(...) The new nine muses, Commerce, Operatic Music, Amor, Publicity, Manufacture, Liberty of Specch, Plural Voting, Gastronomy, Private Hygiene, Seaside Concert Entertainments, Painless Obstetrics and Astronomy for the People.

And in spite of everything, Ireland remains the brain of the Kingdom. The English, judiciously practical and ponderous, furnish the over-stuffed stomach of humanity with a perfect gadget--the water closet. The Irish, condemned to express themselves in a language not their own, have stamped on it the mark of their own genius and compete for glory with the civilized nations. This is then called English literature.

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

I think I would know Nora's fart anywhere. I think I could pick hers out in a roomful of farting women.