James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joycewas an Irish novelist and poet. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde, and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the twentieth century...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 February 1882
CityRathgar, Ireland
CountryIreland
heart dark tyrants
Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned.
love eye heart
And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes.
eye vanity darkness
Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.
writing order perfect
I have the words already. What I am seeking is the perfect order of words in the sentence. You can see for yourself how many different ways they might be arranged.
men bottles men-and-women
Man and woman, love, what is it? A cork and a bottle.
heart dublin dies
When I die Dublin will be written on my heart.
mother mean kissing
What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say goodnight and then his mother put her face down. That was to kiss. His mother put her lips on his cheek; her lips were soft and they wetted his cheek; and they made a tiny little noise: kiss. Why did people do that with their two faces?
fall light scotch-whisky
The light music of whiskey falling into a glass - an agreeable interlude.
space stride short-time
I am, a stride at a time. A very short space of time through very short time of space.
swimming rose whole
I'd love to have the whole place swimming in roses
prayer confused heart
Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand. 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 into my bosom. I thought little of the future. I did not know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, if I spoke to her, how I could tell her of my confused adoration.
real adventure home
I wanted real adventures to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.
mother children father
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.
learning programming particular
In the particular is contained the universal.