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James Joyce17 quotes
He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life. — James Joyce · 1915They lived und laughed ant loved end left. — James Joyce · 1939His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or reverie, he had heard their tale before. — James Joyce · 1915I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world. — James Joyce · 1915My body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires. — James Joyce · 1914He looked down the slope and, at the base, in the shadow of the wall of the Park, he saw some human figures lying. Those venal and furtive loves filled him with despair. He gnawed the rectitude of his life; he felt that he had been outcast from life's feast. — James Joyce · 1914All 17 quotes →