"People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus."
"If there is any difficulty in what I write, it is because of the material I use. The thought is always simple."
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Source: James Joyce (2016). “JAMES JOYCE Premium Collection: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Dubliners, Chamber Music & Exiles”, p.11, e-artnow
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