I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world.
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation
Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." The Egoist, 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915.
Current Citation
Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by Seamus Deane. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 5.