Quotes by James Joyce
——A man of geniusmakes nomistakes．His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery．
Source:Ulysses
——Think you're escaping and run into yourself．Longestway round is the shortestway home．
Source:Ulysses
——We are praying now for the repose of his soul．Hoping you're well and not in hell．Nice change of air．Outof the frying pan of life into the fire of purgatory．
Source:Ulysses
——Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of allminds that have lost their balance．
Source:Ulysses
——He gnawed the rectitude of his life;he felt that he had been outcast from life's feast．
Source:Dubliners
——One by one，they were all becoming shades．Better pass boldly into that other world，in the full glory of some passion，than fade and wither dismally with age．
Source:Dubliners
——Once upon a time and a very good time itwas therewas a moocow coming down along the road and thismoocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo．
Source:A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
——The artist，like the God of the creation，remainswithin or behind or beyond or above his handiwork，invisible，refined out of existence，indifferent，paring his fingernails．
Source:A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
——No God for Ireland!he cried．We have had too much God in Ireland．Away with God!
Source:A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
——Iwill tell you what Iwill do and what Iwill not do．Iwill not serve that in which Ino longer believe whether it call itselfmy home，my fatherland or my church:and Iwill try to expressmyself in somemode of life or art as freely as I can and aswholly as I can，using formy defense the only arms Iallow myself to use，silence，exile，and cunning．
Source:A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man