By his monstrous way of life he seemed to have put himself beyond the …

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By his monstrous way of life he seemed to have put himself beyond the limits of reality. Nothing moved him or spoke to him from the real world unless he heard it in an echo of the infuriated cries within him. ✨ James Joyce (1992). A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, p.70, Wordsworth Editions
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By his monstrous way of life he seemed to have put himself beyond the limits of reality. Nothing moved him or spoke to him from the real world unless he heard it in an echo of the infuriated cries within him. ✨ James Joyce (1992). A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, p.70, Wordsworth Editions

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