“Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”
Age“I 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.”
Age“Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”
Age“Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.”
Saintpatricksday“Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.”
Men“I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.”
Fear“I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.”
Future“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.”
Friendship“I 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.”
Age“Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality.”
Poetry“Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”
Home“The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
Best“Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.”
Romantic“Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art it is the part the schools cannot recognize.”
Art