She dealt with moral problems the way a cleaver deals with meat: and in this case she had made up her mind. Dubliners
The artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent. Never Give In!
Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown — even when we don't want to and when we think we don't need to. By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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