Stephen jerked his thumb towards the window, saying: โ That is God. Hooray! Ay! Whrrwhee! โ What? Mr Deasy asked. โ A shout in the street, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders.
James JoyceMichael Robartes remembers forgotten beauty and, when his arms wrap her round, he presses in his arms the loveliness which has long faded from the world. Not this. Not at all. I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world.
James JoyceI've been working hard on [Ulysses] all day," said Joyce. Does that mean that you have written a great deal?" I said. Two sentences," said Joyce. I looked sideways but Joyce was not smiling. I thought of [French novelist Gustave] Flaubert. "You've been seeking the mot juste?" I said. No," said Joyce. "I have the words already. What I am seeking is the perfect order of words in the sentence.
James Joyce