"A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk"
- James Joyce
About this Quote
In this quote, James Joyce is using a metaphor to compare a remains to meat that has actually spoiled. He is recommending that a remains, which is a dead body, is no longer helpful or preferable, much like meat that has gone bad. He then goes on to ask a rhetorical question, "Well and what's cheese?" suggesting that cheese is likewise a form of ruined milk. This comparison highlights the idea that both a corpse and cheese are products of something that was as soon as alive and fresh, but have actually now transformed into something unattractive and unrecognizable. Joyce's usage of this metaphor forces the reader to confront the unpleasant reality of death and decay.
This quote is written / told by James Joyce between February 2, 1882 and January 13, 1941. He was a famous Novelist from Ireland.
The author also have 32 other quotes.
"One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you plant a tree or build a house knowing, hoping that it will outlive you. That's how the human species has done as well as it has"
"Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth"
