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
time flames space
I hear the ruin of all space, shattered glass and toppled masonry, and time one livid final flame.
jesus father atheism
And Jesus was a Jew too. Your god. He was a Jew like me. And so was his father.
truth jest true-words
There's many a true word spoken in jest.
mad police genius
Saying that a great genius is mad, while at the same time recognizing his artistic worth, is like saying that he had rheumatism or suffered from diabetes. Madness, in fact, is a medical term that can claim no more notice from the objective critic than he grants the charge of heresy raised by the theologian, or the charge of immorality raised by the police.
love-is air wind
Winds of May, that dance on the sea, Dancing a ring-around in glee From furrow to furrow, while overhead The foam flies up to be garlanded, In silvery arches spanning the air, Saw you my true love anywhere? Welladay! Welladay! For the winds of May! Love is unhappy when love is away!
eye vision signatures
Ineluctable modality of the visible; at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. Signatures of all things I am here to read.
taken serious
The mocker is never taken seriously when he is most serious.
people nations
A nation is the same people living in the same place.
climbing forgiving cold
O cold ! O shivery ! It was your ambrosial beauty. Forget, forgive. Kismet. Let me off this once.
genius erratic originality
The incompatibility of aquacity with the erratic originality of genius.
love-is facts phenomenon
Love...is in fact so unnatural a phenomenon that it can scarcely repeat itself
silence library brightness
The studious silence of the library ... Tranquil brightness.
water jesus-christ world
He comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water, gets out of his grave and goes up off the Hill of Howth. What drivel is this?
together bounds antipathy
We are bound together by the sympathy of our antipathies.