Riverrun to Livvy Quotes

“If Eve tempted Adam (the first finger-pointer), then God tempted her with his order, “Don’t,” the biggest temptation of all.”
― Bill Cole Cliett, Riverrun to Livvy: Lots of Fun Reading the First Page of James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake."

“Voltaire: “God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.”
― Bill Cole Cliett, Riverrun to Livvy: Lots of Fun Reading the First Page of James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake."

“Strange . . . apples were forbidden, but apparently fried foods were okay.”
― Bill Cole Cliett, Riverrun to Livvy: Lots of Fun Reading the First Page of James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake."

“I remember reading somewhere that if you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you, but if you make them think, they’ll hate you.”
― Bill Cole Cliett, Riverrun to Livvy: Lots of Fun Reading the First Page of James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake."

“The Wake encourages its readers to see with “our ears, eyes of the darkness.”
― Bill Cole Cliett, Riverrun to Livvy: Lots of Fun Reading the First Page of James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake."

“The night world can’t be represented by the language of the day.”
― Bill Cole Cliett, Riverrun to Livvy: Lots of Fun Reading the First Page of James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake."

“sadisfaction” entails satisfaction that also involves sadness with a hint of sadism.”
― Bill Cole Cliett, Riverrun to Livvy: Lots of Fun Reading the First Page of James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake."

“Those who prefer “monowards for manosymples,” that is monosyllabic words for the man who is simple (for simple choose from common, unsophisticated, sincere, or stupid), will not find the Wake their cup of TEA (“cupital tea”).”
― Bill Cole Cliett, Riverrun to Livvy: Lots of Fun Reading the First Page of James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake."