I could call my wandering thoughts together. I had hardly any patience…

James Joyce
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I could call my wandering thoughts together. I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, now that it stood between me and my desire, seemed to me child's play, ugly monotonous child's play. ✨ James Joyce (2016). James Joyce The Dover Reader, p.21, Courier Dover Publications
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I could call my wandering thoughts together. I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, now that it stood between me and my desire, seemed to me child's play, ugly monotonous child's play. ✨ James Joyce (2016). James Joyce The Dover Reader, p.21, Courier Dover Publications

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