"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."
― James Joyce
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Age
― James Joyce
More From 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."
- "Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment."
- "Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home."
More In Age
- "An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her."― Agatha Christie
- "Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."― Francis Bacon
- "To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself."― Thomas Carlyle