Quotes by : John William Tuohy

I don’t know what I would have done if they had hugged me. I probably would have frozen in place, become....

Denny thought our parents needed a combination of material goods and temperamental changes before he....

Eventually, many years later, I came to see him the way everyone else saw him—a nice guy who, despite....

I felt empty a lot and I sometimes had a sense—and I know this sounds strange—that I really had no....

I had decided that I wanted to earn my living as a writer and the only place in Waterbury where they....

I hit him for every single thing that was wrong in my life and kicked him in a fierce fury of madness....

Imagine being beaten up every day for something you didn’t do and yet, when it’s over, you keep on....

Then there are all of those children, the ones who aren’t resilient. The ones who slowly, quietly die.....

My affliction decided to join us, forcing me to push my toes on the floor as though I were trying to....

Father, I can’t take this,” I said. “Why not?” “Because you’re a priest, Father.” “And....