Joyce Quotes

A man [Joyce] whose earliest stories appeared next to the manure prices in the Irish Homestead knew that columns of prose, like columns of shit, could both recultivate the earth.

This is the day which the Lord has brought about

The garden is a miraculous place, and anything can happen on a beautiful moonlit night.

To say that a great genius is mad, while at the same time recognizing his artistic merit, is no better than to say he is rheumatic or diabetic.

He laughed to free his mind from his minds bondage.

We are semipermeable membranes. We can pick and choose which troubles are worthy of our attention. What sinks us can only do so with our permission

The praise and glorification of God doesn't exclusively spring from deep and untroubled understanding

Writers don't forget the past

A shout for help isn’t always a cry of pain

Packed up the Dylan and the Man Ray and the JoyceI left a note that said well I guess I got no choiceScuse me girl while I'm kicking it to the curbLeaving with all I need but less than I deserve

Only where there is life can there be home.

Rape culture is a concept of unknown origin and of uncertain definition

I smiled at him. America, I said quietly, just like that. What is it? The sweepings of every country including our own. Isn't that true? That's a fact.

Character isn't something you talk about

The true principle to promotion and advancement is generosity.The giving of oneself… your time, talent and substance. Today, I choose to be a giver.

Now, Joyce being Joyce, he has about five different purposes, one not being enough for genius.

character isn’t something you talk about

Each imagining himself to be the first last and only alone, whereas he is neither first last nor last nor only not alone in a series originating in and repeated to infinity.

One man's insanity is another man's genius