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41 " His head was large, globular and oily; it sweated in all weathers; and his large round hat, set upon it sideways, looked like a bulb which had grown out of another. "
― James Joyce , Dubliners
42 " Jesus Christ, with His divine understanding of every understanding of our human nature, understood that not all men were called to the religious life, that by far the vast majority were forced to live in the world, and, to a certain extent, for the world. "
43 " But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad. "
44 " She asked him why did he not write out his thoughts. For what, he asked her, with careful scorn. To compete with phrasemongers, incapable of thinking consecutively for sixty seconds? To submit himself to the criticisms of an obtuse middle class which entrusted its morality to policemen and its fine arts to impressarios? "
45 " He had neither companions nor friends, church nor creed. He lived his spiritual life without any communion with others, visiting his relatives at Christmas and escorting them to the cemetery when they died. He performed these two social duties for old dignity's sake but conceded nothing further to the conventions which regulate the civic life. "
46 " She respected her husband in the same way as she respected the General Post Office, as something large, secure and fixed; and though she knew the small number of his talents she appreciated his abstract value as a male. "
47 " He used to call her Poppens out of fun. "
48 " He went often to her little cottage outside Dublin; often they spent their evenings alone. Little by little, as their thoughts entangled, they spoke of subjects less remote. Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic. Many times she allowed the dark to fall upon them, refraining from lighting the lamp. The dark discreet room, their isolation, the music that still vibrated in their ears united them. This union exalted him, wore away the rough edges of his character, emotionalised his mental life. "
49 " Everything in Paris is gay," said Ignatius Gallaher. "They believe in enjoying life--and don't you think they'reright? If you want to enjoy yourself properly you must go to Paris. And, mind you, they've a great feeling forthe Irish there. When they heard I was from Ireland they were ready to eat me, man. "
50 " I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, now that it stood between me and my desire, seemed to me child's play, ugly monotonous child's play. "
51 " -I bar the candles,.... I bar the magic-lanternbusiness. "
52 " He lived at a little distance from his body, regarding his own acts with doubtful side-glances. "
53 " Usher's Island "
54 " No one wanted him; he was outcast from life's feast. "
55 " slow eyes and parted lips gave her the appearance of a woman who did not know where she was or where she was going. "
56 " Sua alma desmaiava lentamente, enquanto ele ouvia a neve cair suave através do universo, cair brandamente, como se lhes descesse a hora final, sobre todos os vivos e todos os mortos. "
57 " تملأ كل حياتى .. اتعنى باسمها فى كل آونة واهتف به واردده فى خشوع كالأدعية والتراتيل… وكثيراً ما كانت عيناي تغرورقان بدموع لا افهم لها معنى … وكان يمتلكنى فى بعض الاحيان شعور بأن سيلا جارفاً من الحياة الحارة ينبثق من قلبى ويفيض على جوانبه فيملأ دفؤه صدرى … وما كنت اسمح لتفكيرى أن يذهب بعيداً , وهل سأنعم بالحديث إليها ؟ … وما سيدور بيننا ؟ … وكيفية التعبير لها عن حبى , وما يعتلج فى نفسى حيالها من شعور جارف وعواطف ملتهبة . لقد كانت تطغى على كل تفكيرى , وكان جسدى اشبه بآلة موسيقية تجرى عليها اصابع سحرية بألحان من اسمها وكلماتها وبسماتها "
58 " The duties of the priest towards the Eucharist and towards the secrecy of the confessional seemed so grave to me that I wondered how anybody had ever found in himself the courage to undertake them; and I was not surprised when he told me that the fathers of the Church had written books as thick as the Post Office Directory and as closely printed as the law notices in the newspaper, elucidating all these intricate questions. "
59 " Rapid motion through space elates one; so does notoriety; so does the possession of money. "
60 " Kadın neden düşüncelerini yazıya dökmediğini sordu.Adam neden diye sitem etti.Altmış saniye kesintisiz düşünmekten aciz laf ebeleriyle rekabet etmek için mi? Ahlaki değerlerini polise, sanatlarını simsarlara emanet etmiş kalın kafalı bir orta sınıfın eleştirilerine maruz kalmak için mi? "