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
stars memories fire
Like the tender fires of stars moments of their life together, that no one knew of or would ever know of, broke upon and illuminated his memory.
sheep people bites
People could put up with being bitten by a wolf but what properly riled them was a bite from a sheep.
years soul felt
For the years, he felt, had not quenched his soul, or hers.
country dies
Let my country die for me.
excited
Too excited to be genuinely happy
evil hell intense
Hell is the centre of evils and, as you know, things are more intense at their centres than at their remotest points.
kings husband father
Ulysses is son to Laertes, but he is father to Telemachus, husband to Penelope, lover of Calypso, companion in arms of the Greek warriors around Troy, and King of Ithaca. He was subjected to many trials, but with wisdom and courage came through them all.... he is a complete man as well, a good man.
wipe gloss knows
Wipe your glosses with what you know.
police holmes
There's no police like Holmes.
writing simple use
If there is any difficulty in what I write, it is because of the material I use. The thought is always simple.
kind logical embrace
What kind of liberation would that be to forsake an absurdity which is logical and coherent and to embrace one which is illogical and incoherent?
tolerance admire magnificent
Shaw's works make me admire the magnificent tolerance and broadmindedness of the english.
father mean home
I don't mean to presume to dictate to you in the slightest degree but why did you leave your father's house? MTo seek misfortune, was Stephen's answer.
pride ruins sin
Theologians consider that it was the sin of pride, the sinful thought conceived in an instant: non serviam: I will not serve. That instant was his [Lucifer's] ruin.