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Dubliners quotes

James Joyce

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“Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.” James Joyce, Dubliners

“real adventures . . . do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.” James Joyce, Dubliners

“I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.” James Joyce, Dubliners

“sometimes I fear that this new generation, educated or hypereducated as it is, will lack those qualities of humanity, of hospitality, of kindly humour which belonged to an older day.” James Joyce, Dubliners

“The light music of whisky falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.” James Joyce, Dubliners

“Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.” James Joyce, Dubliners

“there is no word tender enough to be your name” James Joyce, Dubliners

“The fourth member of the party, however, was too excited to be genuinely happy.” James Joyce, Dubliners

“my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.” James Joyce, Dubliners

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