“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” WayMindFirstsBookHandsEyeFatherFeltCompanyReaderLibraryWornShelves Author:Niall Williams
“Some people make you feel better about living. Some people you meet and you feel this little lift in your heart, this 'Ah', because there's something in them that's brighter or lighter, something beautiful or better than you, and here's the magic: instead of feeling worse, instead of feeling 'why am I so ordinary?', you feel just the opposite, you feel glad. In a weird way you feel better, because before this you hadn't realised or you'd forgotten human beings could shine so.” PeopleWayFeelsHumansHeartLittlesFeelingsBeautifulHuman BeingsMagicOrdinaryOppositesShiningForgottenGladLiftsFeel BetterRealisedBrighterBetter Than YouLightersSomething BeautifulFeels Just Book:History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 Source: History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014
“Each family functions in their own way, by rules reinvented daily. The strangeness of each of us is somehow accommodated so that there can be such a thing as family and we can all live for some time at least in the same house. Normal is what you know.” KnowsWayHouseNormalFunctionStrangeness Author:Niall Williams
