"All writers are waiting for replies. Thatâ€™s what Iâ€™ve learned. Maybe all human beings are"

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Source : Niall Williams (2014). “History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014”, p.335, A&C Black

Niall Williams

#Waiting Quotes #Humans Quotes

“I have so many people who still talk to me about The Long Kiss Goodnight, about that being one of their favorite movies, and it really was a fun movie.”

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“I am, of course, aware that the ultimate solution is the ownership and control of the means of life by the whole of the people; but we are not at that stage of development as yet.”
“If I had my life to live over, I wish I could be a great pianist or something.”
“Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.”
“A win's a win, unless it is not a win, and then it's not a win.”
“The safe places could only be visited; they could only grant a momentary intuition of sanctuary. The moment always came when we had to return to our real life to face the wounds and grief indigenous to our homr by the river.”
“A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be....”
“I spent the morning putting in a comma and the afternoon removing it.”

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