One of the things I could never get accustomed to in my youth was the difference I found between life and literature. James Joyce More Quotes by James Joyce More Quotes From James Joyce Love me. Love my umbrella. James Joyce umbrella A man's errors are his portals of discovery. James Joyce learningmistakeinspirational Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body. James Joyce distancebody There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being. James Joyce atheismphilosophyreligion White pudding and eggs and sausages and cups of tea! How simple and beautiful was life after all! James Joyce eggssimplebeautiful The pleasures of love lasts but a fleeting but the pledges of life outlusts a lieftime. James Joyce fleetinglovelife I've been working hard on [Ulysses] all day," said Joyce. Does that mean that you have written a great deal?" I said. Two sentences," said Joyce. I looked sideways but Joyce was not smiling. I thought of [French novelist Gustave] Flaubert. "You've been seeking the mot juste?" I said. No," said Joyce. "I have the words already. What I am seeking is the perfect order of words in the sentence. James Joyce twoordermean I am not likely to die of bashfulness but neither am I prepared to be crucified to attest the perfection of my art. I dislike to hear of any stray heroics on the prowl for me. James Joyce preparedperfectionart Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods' roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine. James Joyce fowlheartfood Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse. James Joyce love-isfriendshipmen The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question. James Joyce creationartistbeautiful My puns are not trivial. They are quadrivial James Joyce puninspiration And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes. James Joyce eyeheartlove Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race. James Joyce racelifereality Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well. James Joyce eating-wellmodesteating I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy. James Joyce bigsunhappysaid People could put up with being bitten by a wolf but what properly riled them was a bite from a sheep. James Joyce bitessheeppeople We are all born in the same way but we all die in different ways. James Joyce differentdeathway Ask no questions and you'll hear no lies. James Joyce askslying The swift December dusk had come tumbling clownishly after its dull day and, as he stared through the dull square of the window of the schoolroom, he felt his belly crave for its food. He hoped there would be stew for dinner, turnips and carrots and bruised potatoes and fat mutton pieces to be ladled out in thick peppered flourfattened sauce. Stuff it into you, his belly counselled him. James Joyce squarescookingfood