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  • He could not feel her near him in the darkness nor hear her voice touch his ear. He waited for some minutes listening. He could hear nothing: the night was perfectly silent. He listened again: perfectly silent. He felt that he was alone.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : James Joyce Quotes , Night Quotes , Voice Quotes
  • Human society is the embodiment of changeless laws which the whimsicalities and circumstances of men and women involve and overwrap. The realm of literature is the realm of these accidental manners and humours--a spacious realm; and the true literary artist concerns himself mainly with them.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : James Joyce Quotes , Men Quotes , Artist Quotes
  • The important thing is not what we write but how we write, and in my opinion the modern writer must be an adventurer above all, willing to take every risk, and be prepared to founder in his effort if need be. In other words we must write dangerously
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : James Joyce Quotes , Writing Quotes , Effort Quotes
  • First, in the history of words there is much that indicates the history of men, and in comparing the speech of to-day with that ofyears ago, we have a useful illustration of the effect of external influences on the very words of a race.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : James Joyce Quotes , Men Quotes , Race Quotes