"People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus."
"Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"
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Source: James Joyce (2016). “THE DEAD (Modern Classics Series)”, p.33, e-artnow
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