James Joyce

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that in her eyes he would read more

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that in her eyes he would ascent to an angelical stature; and, as he attached the fervent nature of his companion more and more closely to him, he heard the strange impersonal voice which he recognised as his own, insisting on the soul's incurable lonliness. We cannot give ourselves, it said: we are our own.

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you.

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you.

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.