Quote by: James Joyce

The language in which we are speaking is his before it is mine. How different are the words HOME, CHRIST, ALE, MASTER, on his lips and on mine! I cannot speak or write these words without unrest of spirit. His language, so familiar and so foreign, will always be for me an acquired speech. I have not made or accepted its words. My voice holds them at bay. My soul frets in the shadow of his language.


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Author Bio


  • NameJames Joyce
  • DescriptionIrish novelist and poet
  • AliasesDzho?s, Dzhe?ms Avgustin Aloizi?,
  • BornFebruary 2, 1882
  • DiedJanuary 13, 1941
  • CountryIreland
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Playwright; Novelist