"People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus."
"White pudding and eggs and sausages and cups of tea! How simple and beautiful was life after all!"
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Source: James Joyce (2011). “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Thrift Study Edition”, p.104, Courier Corporation
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