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Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.
— James Joyce
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You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.
— James Joyce
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Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
— James Joyce
Tags: mother, love-is, family, love
God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear.
— James Joyce
Tags: many, hear, you, god
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
— James Joyce
Tags: genius, mistakes, intelligence, man
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
— James Joyce
Tags: discovery, mistakes, failure
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