James Joyce quote: He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.

He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.

~ James Joyce ~

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He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.

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