| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 31649 |
| QUOTATION: | Why the title Exiles? A nation exacts a penance from those who dared leave her payable on their return. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | James Joyce (1882–1941), Irish author. Exiles, Appendix of “Notes by the author,” Exiles, introduction by Padraic Colum, Viking (1951).
These notes were written in a copy-book Joyce prepared while writing the play. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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