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Quote by James Joyce
Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt ag

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. – James Joyce

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Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse. – James Joyce

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Men are governed by lines of intellect – women: by curves of emotion. – James Joyce

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