Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the pas…

James Joyce
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Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past. ✨ James Joyce (2016). The Complete Works of James Joyce: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Poetry, Essays & Letters: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegan’s Wake, Dubliners, The Cat and the Devil, Exiles, Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach, Stephen Hero, Giacomo Joyce, Critical Writings & more, p.387, e-artnow
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