I think a child should be allowed to take his fathers or mothers name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction. – James Joyce
Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. – James Joyce
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
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art it is the part the schools cannot recognize. – James Joyce
Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a sentient being is no more reason to deny the protection of this basic right than race, sex, age, or sexual orientation is a reason to deny membership in the human moral community to other humans. – Gary L. Francione