Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by James Joyce

Quote by James Joyce

“Stephen picks up on Armstrong's pier, and calls Kingstown pier "a disappointed bridge" (2.22). He's joking about the fact that Ireland wanted to be connected to continental Europe but ended up being extremely isolated.”

Quote by James Joyce

Book:Ulysses
Create image

Work

Ulysses

Ulysses is a seminal work of modernist literature, written by James Joyce. The novel is renowned for its innovative narrative techniques and its portrayal of the everyday life of ordinary people in Dublin. It is divided into 18 episodes, each focusing on a different character and event, and is considered a classic of English literature. more

Author

James Joyce
James Joyce

James Joyce, born on February 2, 1882, and died on January 13, 1941, was an Irish novelist and one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Known for his unique narrative techniques and profound psychological insights, Joyce is celebrated for his contributions to modernist literature. His most famous work is 'Ulysses', which is considered one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. Other notable works include 'Dubliners' and 'Finnegans Wake'. more

You May Also Like

“The door exploded inward and a tangle of bug legs appeared. “I can hold them, but I can’t kill them all,” Caine shouted. “Yeah. They’re hard to kill. You got a plan?” Caine bit savagely at his thumb, worrying the cuticle. They were surrounded. The very walls were being battered. The windows were all smashed. They couldn’t fit through the door but they would soon make it wide enough. They stood, Caine and Brianna, in the kitchen, the center of the house, as far as possible from the windows, but now the bugs had their mandibles shoved in through the doors and windows, questing, slicing the air, their ropelike tongues lashing madly. The entire house was like a drum pounded by dozens of drumsticks. “You know, I’m kind of disappointed,” Brianna said. “Situation like this? Sam would come up with a plan.”

DisappointedBreezeBugsPlanKillSam TempleHoldCaine SorenBrianna
Book:Plague
Create image

“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he doesn't exist." Satan is the world’s master in the power of speech. He uses America media to keep Americans at each other throats. The American Media simply confirms that the greatest sin the devil perpetuated on mankind was convincing the world that he doesn't exist." While the American media leverage Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat to create anger and hostility…we can sneak through the back door. ~Genesis Supreme Commander”

CnnAmerican MediaBbcAbcCbsMsnbc
Book:Accelerant: Continental Drift
Create image

“A nation forgetting its own laughter is in a sad state of affairs”

InspirationalFamilyAddictionLoyaltyLove StoryContemporaryImmigrantsTwinsBrothers And SistersAmerican CultureVietnam WarAddiction And RecoveryColoradoHope And DespairMusiciansLost GenerationRomance Love HeartacheHumor RelationshipsCounter CultureAmerican IdentityBoulder1960s 1970sHippie EraNixon Era
Book:Boulder Blues: A Tale of the Colorado Counterculture
Create image

“My first vegetable garden was in a hard-packed dirt driveway in Boulder, Colorado. I was living in a basement apartment there, having jumped at the chance to come out West with a friend in his Volkswagen Bug, fleeing college and inner-city Philadelphia. I was twenty, hungry for experience, and fully intending to be a ski bum in my new life. But it didn’t turn out that way.”

GardeningPhiladelphiaBoulderVolkswagon Bug
Book:Organic Gardener's Companion: Growing Vegetables in the West
Create image