I came to the resolve that the attempt was not only worth trying, but should be tried in the very near future if we wanted at all to keep our flag flying; for I was sure as of my own existence that if another decade was allowed to pass without an endeavour of some kind or another to shake off an unjust yoke, the Irish people would sink into lethargy from which it would be impossible for any patriot . . . to arouse them . . .
Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies. - James Stephens
Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.
- James Stephens
We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail… - James Stephens
We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail…
Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen. - James Stephens
Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.
A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find. - James Stephens
A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.
The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life. - James Stephens
The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.
Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it. - James Stephens
Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.
It is by love alone that we understand anything - James Stephens
It is by love alone that we understand anything
You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive. - James Stephens
You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. - James Stephens
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
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