Monica

“We tell stories. We tell stories to pass the time, to leave the world for a while, or go more deeply into it. We tell stories to heal the pain of living.”
― Niall Williams, History of the Rain

“There's a book inside you. There's a library inside me.”
― Niall Williams, History of the Rain

“When my father first took me to Ennis Library I went down among the shelves and felt company, not only the company of writers, but the readers too, because they had lifted and opened and read these books. The books were worn in a way they can only get worn by hands and eyes and minds”
― Niall Williams, History of the Rain

“Hope may or may not be a Thing with Feathers. But it’s definitely a Thing with Claws.”
― Niall Williams, History of the Rain