1. “I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church.”
2. “Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”
3. “I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence, exile, and cunning.”
4. “You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets.”
5. “I wanted real adventure to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.”
6. “He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.”
7. “I am tomorrow what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.”
8. “To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life!”
9. “He was alone. He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life.”
10. “I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”
11. “I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church.”
12. “I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.”
13. “My soul frets in the shadow of his language.”
14. “His heart trembled with gratitude and he repeated the Sign of the Cross.”
15. “A prayer is a desire of the soul. Even the poor diseased heart had washed itself there.”
16. “I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church.”
17. “Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”
18. “I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence, exile, and cunning.”
19. “You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets.”
20. “I wanted real adventure to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.”
21. “He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.”
22. “I am tomorrow what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.”
23. “To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life!”
24. “He was alone. He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life.”
25. “I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”
26. “I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church.”
27. “I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.”
28. “My soul frets in the shadow of his language.”
29. “His heart trembled with gratitude and he repeated the Sign of the Cross.”
30. “A prayer is a desire of the soul. Even the poor diseased heart had washed itself there.”
31. “I wanted real adventure to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.”
32. “His heart trembled with gratitude and he repeated the Sign of the Cross.”
33. “I am tomorrow what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.”
34. “To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life!”
35. “He was alone. He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life.”
36. “Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”
37. “I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church.”
38. “I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.”
39. “My soul frets in the shadow of his language.”
40. “His heart trembled with gratitude and he repeated the Sign of the Cross.”
41. “A prayer is a desire of the soul. Even the poor diseased heart had washed itself there.”
42. “I wanted real adventure to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.”
43. “His heart trembled with gratitude and he repeated the Sign of the Cross.”
44. “I am tomorrow what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.”
Summary:
“A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” is a coming-of-age novel that traces the intellectual and emotional development of Stephen Dedalus from his childhood to young adulthood in Dublin, Ireland. The novel is divided into five chapters and follows Stephen’s struggles with his Catholic faith, his family’s expectations, and his desire to become an artist.
As the novel progresses, Stephen grapples with his identity, political and religious beliefs, and his relationships with women. He eventually decides to leave behind his homeland and religious upbringing, embracing a life of exile and artistic pursuit. The novel explores
