The heaventree of stars hung with humid nightblue fruit.
James JoyceRead
Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote suggests that men primarily rely on logic, while women are more influenced by emotions.
James Joyce's quote highlights the perceived differences in how men and women process information and make decisions. It implies that men favor reason and intellect in their governance, while women are guided more by their emotional experiences and feelings. This characterization invites reflection on the complex interplay between logic and emotion in human interactions.
Themes
IntellectEmotionMenWomenRelationshipsDifferences
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about gender communication styles, this quote could illustrate the point.
More from James Joyce
All quotes βI think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.
James JoyceRead
If he had smiled why would he have smiled? To reflect that each one who enters imagines himself to be the first to enter whereas he is always the last term of a preceding series even if the first term of a succeeding one, each imagining himself to be first, last, only and alone whereas he is neither first nor last nor only nor alone in a series originating in and repeated to infinity.
James JoyceRead
Gentle lady, do not sing Sad songs about the end of love; Lay aside sadness and sing How love that passes is enough. Sing about the long deep sleep Of lovers that are dead, and how In the grave all love shall sleep: Love is aweary now.
James JoyceRead
I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.
James JoyceRead
The movements which work revolutions in the world are born out of the dreams and visions in a peasant's heart on the hillside.
James JoyceRead
Similar quotes
The miscegenation laws of the South only operate against the legitimate union of the races; they leave the white man free to seduce all the colored girls he can, but it is death to the colored man who yields to the force and advances of a similar attraction in white women. White men lynch the offending Afro-American, not because he is a despoiler of virtue, but because he succumbs to the smiles of white women.
Ida B. WellsRead
I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much Iβve lost.
Nan GoldinRead
Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary.
Robert A. HeinleinRead
Dogs live with man as courtiers 'round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice ... to push their favor in this world of pickings and caresses is, perhaps, the business of their lives.
Robert Louis StevensonRead
There's nothing wrong or evil about having a bad day. There's everything wrong with making others have to have it with you.
Neil CavutoRead
When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.
Taylor SwiftRead