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Ailsa
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by James Joyce
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(page 194 of 783)
"I promised myself I’d finish this before the twenties came back round but I‘m really struggling to see how it’s worth the faff tbh" — Dec 19, 2019 11:48PM
"I promised myself I’d finish this before the twenties came back round but I‘m really struggling to see how it’s worth the faff tbh" — Dec 19, 2019 11:48PM
“... for most practical purposes, Tarbean had two parts: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves and whores. Hillside is where people are rich. That makes them solicitors, politicians and courtesans.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“Rather I think that a man who ... is willing ... to value learning as long as he lives, not supposing that old age brings him wisdom of itself, will necessarily pay more attention to the rest of his life.”
― Laches
― Laches
“A blend of good and bad characterized all humans, and to pretend to sort that out was an insult to human complexity. But at the same time, Sandro understood that people only tended to allow their own contradictions, and not those of others. It was OK to be murky to yourself, to know you weren't an angel, but other people had to be more cleanly divided into good and bad.”
― The Flamethrowers
― The Flamethrowers
“I watched wealthy men and their wives and dates dancing and playing cards and making deals: I will admire you exactly as much, no more or less, as you admire me. I will love you in the strictest moderation.”
― Boy, Snow, Bird
― Boy, Snow, Bird
“Go out in the early days of winter, after the first cold snap of the season. Find a pool of water with a sheet of ice across the top, still fresh and new and clear as glass. Near the shore the ice will hold you. Slide out farther. Farther. Eventually you'll find the place where the surface just barely bears your weight. There you will feel what I felt. The ice splinters under your feet. Look down and you can see the white cracks darting through the ice like mad, elaborate spiderwebs. It is perfectly silent, but you can feel the sudden sharp vibrations through the bottoms of your feet.
That is what happened when Denna smiled at me.”
― The Name of the Wind
That is what happened when Denna smiled at me.”
― The Name of the Wind
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