All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light, but though I seem to be driv… - James Joyce

All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light.

Stephen jerked his thumb towards the window, saying: — That is God.
Hooray! Ay! Whrrwhee! — What? Mr Deasy asked. — A shout in the street, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders.

This race and this country and this life produced me, he said. I shall express myself as I am.

To say that a great genius is half-mad, while recognizing his artistic prowess, is worth as much as saying that he was rheumatic, or that he suffered from diabetes. Madness, in fact, is a medical expression to which a balanced critic should pay no more heed than he would to the accusation of heresy brought by the theologian, or to the accusation of immorality brought by the public prosecutor.