##伍尔夫的文字像潮水海浪，明亮的色彩和花香。乔伊斯的是薄暮黄昏，滞重的雾，缓慢飘落的雪或灰烬，清冷的雨水气息。第三章后半部分Stephen的心理描写非常动人，e.g. His blood began to murmur in his veins, murmuring like a sinful city summoned from its sleep to hear it...  

##Cranly pointed his long forefinger at him. “Look at him!” he said with scorn to the others. “Look at Ireland's hope!” They laughed at his words and gesture. Temple turned on him bravely, saying: “Cranly, you're always sneering at me. I can see that. ...  

##原文Stephen went on: 　　　　——Pity is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatsoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and unites it with the human sufferer. Terror is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatso...  

##乔伊斯给书中以自己为原型的人物起名为斯蒂芬·迪达勒斯，在《尤利西斯》中隐隐约约知道这一名字的出处，那时的斯蒂芬已经是流亡欧洲、听闻母亲死讯重返爱尔兰的斯蒂芬，他的思想已具有高度精神化。《一个青年艺术家的画像》中的斯蒂芬·迪达勒斯是流亡欧洲之前的斯蒂芬，这本...  

##没有全然读懂，但可以感觉到斯蒂芬在面临人生选择过程中的迷惘痛苦，他放弃了安逸的可以成为神父的路，选择直视自己的内心，去追寻未知的艺术家的路。