T.J. Wallace

“Although invisible to Church and State, it was women who knitted the country together, and in Faha, on Sunday morning after mass, you could see the needles.”
― Niall Williams, Time of the Child

“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

“For what it was, was a thing absurd to say aloud, for at every minute and in every place on the planet it was a given. And yet, there it was, constricting his throat and drying his lips, the understanding that he was part of humanity.”
― Niall Williams, Time of the Child

“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