History, Stephen Said, Is A Nightmare From

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.

It Seems To Me You Do Not Care What Banality A Man Expresses So Long As He Expresses It In Irish.

Read Your Own Obituary Notice; They Say You Live Longer. Gives You Second Wind. New Lease Of Life.

A Nation Is The Same People Living In The Same Place.

I Desire To Press In My Arms The Loveliness Which Has Not Yet Come Into The World.