The movements which work revolutions in the world are born out of the dreams and visions in a peasant's heart on the hillside.
James JoyceWhen the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flown at it to hold it back from flight.
James JoyceLily, the caretaker's daughter, was literally run off her feet. Hardly had she brought one gentleman into the little pantry behind the office on the ground floor and helped him off with his overcoat, than the wheezy hall-door bell clanged again and she had to scamper along the bare hallway to let in another guest. It was well for her she had not to attend to the ladies also.
James Joyce