"People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus."
"Jesus was a bachelor and never lived with a woman. Surely living with a woman is one of the most difficult things a man has to do, and he never did it."
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Source: James Joyce (2016). “James Joyce: The Complete Novels (Book House)”, p.268, Book House
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