I don't think you fully appreciate the importance of Illusion in life, the Essential Nature of Lies and Deception of the body politic.

One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction.

In all ages, far back into prehistory, we find human beings have painted and adorned themselves.

The serious people who took him seriously never felt quite sure of his deportment; they were somehow aware that trusting their reputations for judgment with him was like furnishing a nursery with egg-shell china.

Hunger makes a fool of a man.

Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you are.

There comes a moment in the day when you have written your pages in the morning, attended to your correspondence in the afternoon, and have nothing further to do. Then comes that hour when you are bored; that's the time for sex.