“Compelling and poetic, Four Letters of Love spirits the reader away to a magical, mist-clad coastline, inhabited by a passionate people, and… — Niall Williams Books Copy Share Image
“Briefly everything was stopped, as if a hand had reached out and paused the world in its turning. She stood by the… — Niall Williams Two hands Copy Share Image
“Fortunately, at that time, Ireland wasn’t in the world. So we weren’t in the World War. Old Roundrims came up with that.… — Niall Williams Time Copy Share Image
“He had been there long enough to have treated most of their fathers and mothers, many grandfathers and grandmothers too, and recognise… — Niall Williams Family Copy Share Image
“He had no intention of writing. He loved reading, that was all. And he read books that he thought so far beyond… — Niall Williams Books Copy Share Image
The world is more outlandish than some people’s imaginations. — Niall Williams Creativity Copy Share Image
“Neither did she realise yet that grief is a kind of glue, too, that the essence of humanity is this empathy, and… — Niall Williams Empathy Copy Share Image
“..Window panes that rattled under the lash of the wind for two months on end, rain that leaked beneath the doors, her… — Niall Williams Two months Copy Share Image
“the truth is boys can fall deeper in love than girls, they're a lot bigger and heavier and they can fall much… — Niall Williams Love Copy Share Image
Hope may or may not be a Thing with Feathers. But it’s definitely a Thing with Claws. — Niall Williams Claws Copy Share Image
“My father's hand found the door locked. His calls to my mother went unanswered. He beat with his fists and called out… — Niall Williams Front door Copy Share Image
“Dad moved in with the baffled deepsea shyness of a character just arriving in a story already underway.” — Niall Williams Dad Copy Share Image
“They had no children. They spent money on the house, and for five years it went through an elaborate series of new… — Niall Williams Children Copy Share Image
It was as if we were at the heart of a maze. We were overwhelmed by the enormity of the tasks ahead.… — Niall Williams Bottles Copy Share Image
We tell stories. We tell stories to pass the time, to leave the world for a while, or go more deeply into… — Niall Williams Heal Copy Share Image
“You can’t go encouraging the Vincent Cunninghams of the world because the truth is boys can fall deeper in love than girls,… — Niall Williams Love Copy Share Image
“The nobleman fell to his knees. 'Sir, come down to my son ere he die.' His old face. His love for his… — Niall Williams Faith Copy Share Image
There are only three great puzzles in the world, the puzzle of love, the puzzle of death, and, between each of these… — Niall Williams Death Copy Share Image
“It's because people are so perishable. That's the thing. Because for everyone you meet there is a last moment, there will be… — Niall Williams Every moment Copy Share Image
“To begin you must be traced into the landscape, your people and your place found. Until they are you are in the… — Niall Williams Copy Share Image
“There were families everywhere, loose loud chains of them wandering down the streets, in and out of shops, young children with rings… — Niall Williams Children Copy Share Image
