James Joyce

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.