What's in a name? That is what we ask ourselves in childhood when we write the name that we are told is ours.
("Ulysses")
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Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.
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His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.
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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 Joyce
Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well.
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