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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Quotes from the same author
Ulysses is son to Laertes, but he is father to Telemachus, husband to Penelope, lover of Calypso, companion in arms of the Greek warriors around Troy, and King of Ithaca. He was subjected to many trials, but with wisdom and courage came through them all.... he is a complete man as well, a good man.
James Joyce
When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flown at it to hold it back from flight.
James Joyce
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
James Joyce
When I makes tea I makes tea, as old mother Grogan said. And when I makes water I makes water.
James Joyce
What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say goodnight and then his mother put her face down. That was to kiss. His mother put her lips on his cheek; her lips were soft and they wetted his cheek; and they made a tiny little noise: kiss. Why did people do that with their two faces?
James Joyce
