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Quotation from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
“A girl stood before him in midstream, alone and still, gazing out to sea.”
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chapter IV (Project Gutenberg text)
On the strand at Dollymount, just after refusing the priesthood, Stephen sees a girl wading and feels a new call to life and art.
Citation: "A girl stood before him in midstream, alone and still, gazing out to sea." — James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chapter IV (Project Gutenberg text). (id joyce-portrait-of-the-artist-q3)
Portrait: Revolutionary Joyce Better Contrast, Unknown, Public domain.
