James Joyce is the infamous Irish exile-writer-poet-playwright. He penned (and then revised continually) some of the greatest works in Irish literature: Ulysses, Finnegans Wake and Dubliners. But, his relationship with Nora is another matter for literary history. Here's one letter from James Joyce to Nora.
James Joyce Love Letter
15 August, 1904
My dear Nora,
It has just struck me. I came in at half past eleven. Since then I have been sitting in an easy chair like a fool. I could do nothing. I hear nothing but your voice. I am like a fool hearing you call me 'Dear.' I offended two men today by leaving them coolly. I wanted to hear your voice, not theirs.
When I am with you I leave aside my contemptuous, suspicious nature. I wish I felt your head on my shoulder. I think I will go to bed.
I have been a half-hour writing this thing. Will you write something to me? I hope you will. How am I to sign myself? I won't sign anything at all, because I don't know what to sign myself.
