T.J. Wallace

“Men always want to keep things to themselves, Pearly Everlasting Haven! Don't think they don't. They don't want to tell you where to get a deal on cordwood or a five-pound hammer. They don't want you to know the secrets of roofing a shed. They'd rather watch you do it wrong so they can tell you how they knew you were doing it wrong all along," she said, rolling her eyes at the thought of it. "And don't you be falling for it, Pearly.”
― Tammy Armstrong, Pearly Everlasting

“There, in the narrow road with the morning coming over it, she held him in a look that needed no translation. It was Mind yourself, it was God bless, but above both of these it was Bring your father home, and Jude heard each, and more.”
― Niall Williams, Time of the Child

“There were times when, even in that sinking parish on the furthermost edge of nowhere, he had encountered patients of such fortitude in the face of suffering that he was forced to agree with the poet who said that, if seen, the human soul would cover the earth.”
― Niall Williams, Time of the Child

“The noise of the street rose, many-voiced, in the music of congregation. Acquaintances were mutual and threw a wide ambit; besides neighbors and relations immediate, there were cousins, cousins of cousins, cousins of neighbors, cousins of neighbors' cousins, and their cousins, and their neighbors, all of which proved blood was a river without beginning or end.”
― Niall Williams, Time of the Child