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
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  1. His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.

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  3. And yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.

  4. Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?

  5. Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.

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