"His eyes followed the high figure in homespun, beard and bicycle, a listening woman at his side. Coming from the vegetarian. Only weggebobbles and fruit." (U8.533)
"Don't eat a beefsteak. If you do the eyes of that cow will pursue you through all eternity. They say it's healthier." (U8.535)
"Wind and watery though. Tried it. Keep you on the run all day." (U8.537)"
"Bad as a bloater. Dreams all night. Why do they call that thing they gave me nutsteak? Nutarians. Fruitarians. To give you the idea you are eating rumpsteak. Absurd. Salty too. They cook in soda. Keep you sitting by the tap all night." (U8.537)
"Her stockings are loose over her ankles. I detest that: so tasteless." (U8.542)
"Those literary ethereal people they are all. Dreamy, cloudy, symbolistic. Esthetes they are." (U8.543)
""I wouldn't be surprised if it was that kind of food you see produces the like waves of the brain the poetical. For example one of those policemen sweating Irish stew into their shirts you couldn't squeeze a line of poetry out of him. Don't know what poetry is even. Must be in a certain mood.
The dreamy cloudy gull
Waves o'er the waters dull." (U8.544)
The dreamy cloudy gull
Waves o'er the waters dull." (U8.544)
"He crossed at Nassau street corner and stood before the window of Yeates and Son, pricing the field glasses. Or will I drop into old Harris's and have a chat with young Sinclair? Wellmannered fellow. Probably at his lunch." ([U8.551])
(Image courtesy of the ZJJF)
(Image courtesy of the ZJJF)
"Must get those old glasses of mine set right. Goerz lenses six guineas. Germans making their way everywhere. Sell on easy terms to capture trade. Undercutting. Might chance on a pair in the railway lost property office." (U8.554)
"Astonishing the things people leave behind them in trains and cloak rooms. What do they be thinking about? Women too. Incredible. Last year travelling to Ennis had to pick up that farmer's daughter's bag and hand it to her at Limerick junction. Unclaimed money too. There's a little watch up there on the roof of the bank to test those glasses by.
His lids came down on the lower rims of his irises. Can't see it. If you imagine it's there you can almost see it. Can't see it." (U8.557)
His lids came down on the lower rims of his irises. Can't see it. If you imagine it's there you can almost see it. Can't see it." (U8.557)
"He faced about and, standing between the awnings, held out his right hand at arm's length towards the sun. Wanted to try that often. Yes: completely. The tip of his little finger blotted out the sun's disk. Must be the focus where the rays cross. If I had black glasses. Interesting." (U8.564)
"There was a lot of talk about those sunspots when we were in Lombard street west. Looking up from the back garden. Terrific explosions they are." (U8.567)
"There will be a total eclipse this year: autumn some time." (U8.569)
Bloom is correct. There will be a total eclipse of the sun Sep 9th 1904 at 20:44, lasting 6min and 20sec.
Bloom is correct. There will be a total eclipse of the sun Sep 9th 1904 at 20:44, lasting 6min and 20sec.
"Now that I come to think of it, that ball falls at Greenwich time. It's the clock is worked by an electric wire from Dunsink. Must go out there some first Saturday of the month. If I could get an introduction to professor Joly or learn up something about his family. That would do to: man always feels complimented. Flattery where least expected. Nobleman proud to be descended from some king's mistress. His foremother. Lay it on with a trowel." (U8.571)
"Cap in hand goes through the land. Not go in and blurt out what you know you're not to: what's parallax?" (U8.577)
"Show this gentleman the door.
Ah.
His hand fell to his side again.
Never know anything about it. Waste of time. Gasballs spinning about, crossing each other, passing. Same old dingdong always. Gas: then solid: then world: then cold: then dead shell drifting around, frozen rock, like that pineapple rock." (U8.578)
Ah.
His hand fell to his side again.
Never know anything about it. Waste of time. Gasballs spinning about, crossing each other, passing. Same old dingdong always. Gas: then solid: then world: then cold: then dead shell drifting around, frozen rock, like that pineapple rock." (U8.578)