"I have spent my life in trying to find a style for myself, and I am still trying."

"I shall write for my own people, whether in love or hate of them matters little, probably I shall not know which it is."

"Republics, Kingdoms, Soviets, Corporate States, Parliaments, are trash. [...] These men, whether six or six thousand, are the core of Ireland, are Ireland itself."

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere. The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction; w…"

"I have been writing a book on spiritism for some years."