Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.
欢迎你,生活!我要第一百万次迎向真实的经验,在灵魂的锻炉里,锻造我民族尚未诞生的良知。
— James Joyce · A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) · Chapter V —