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Colum McCann Quotes

What was a life anyway? An accumulation of small shelves of incident Picture Quote #1

People think they know the mystery of living in your skin. They don’t. There’s no one who knows except the person who carts it around her own self Picture Quote #1

We stumble on, thinks Jaslyn, bring a little noise into the silence, find in others the ongoing of ourselves. It is almost enough Picture Quote #1

A book is completed only when it is finished by a reader Picture Quote #1

She was tired of everyone wanting to go to heaven, nobody wanting to die. The only thing worth grieving over, she said, was that sometimes there was more beauty in this life than the world could bear Picture Quote #1

I write articles, and I do profiles of members of organizations and associations Picture Quote #1

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The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity Picture Quote #1

Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic Picture Quote #1

There is always room for at least two truths Picture Quote #1

The real beauty in life is that beauty can sometimes occur Picture Quote #1

It was a silence that heard itself, awful and beautiful Picture Quote #1

The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small Picture Quote #1

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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be Picture Quote #1

I think one of the biggest political failures, and the biggest social failures, over the past few years has been the failure of empathy; not being able to look at the other person down the street Picture Quote #1

One small cloud, cast out by the herd, limps away to the west Picture Quote #1

We have to admire the world for not ending on us Picture Quote #1

With all respects to heaven, I like it here Picture Quote #1

I guess this is what marriage is, or was, or could be. You drop the mask. You allow the fatigue in. You lean across and kiss the years because they’re the things that matter Picture Quote #1

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There are rocks deep enough in this earth that no matter what the rupture, they will never see the surface. There is, I think, a fear of love. There is a fear of love Picture Quote #1

And I suddenly think, as I look across the table at him, that these are the days as they will be. This is the future as we see it. The swerve and the static. The confidence and the doubt Picture Quote #1

He said to me once that most of the time people use the word love as just another way to show off they’re hungry. The way he said it went something like: Glorify their appetites Picture Quote #1

Literature can remind us that not all life is already written down: there are still so many stories to be told Picture Quote #1

Let this be a lesson to us all, said the preacher. You will be walking someday in the dark and the truth will come shining through, and behind you will be a life that you never want to see again Picture Quote #1

She was forever tilted sideways by the notion that pain was inevitable, chance was cruel, and all human ingenuity should go towards the making of a good cup of tea Picture Quote #1

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He looks like the sort of man who can’t afford to leave, and doesn’t want to stay, and so he is doing both at once Picture Quote #1

Words are good for saying what things are, but sometimes they don’t function for what things aren’t Picture Quote #1

He might have been naive, but he didn’t care; he said he’s rather die with his heart on his sleeve than end up another cynic Picture Quote #1

Let it be. Silly song, really. You let it be, it returns. There’s the truth. You let it be, it drags you to the ground. You let it be, it crawls up your walls Picture Quote #1

... and it strikes her, as she walks, that borders, like hatred, are exaggerated precisely because otherwise they would cease to exist altogether Picture Quote #1

She likes the people with the endurance to tolerate the drudge, the ones who know that pain is a requirement, not a curse Picture Quote #1

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What was a life anyway? An accumulation of small shelves of incident (Colum McCann Quotes) People think they know the mystery of living in your skin. They don’t. There’s no one who knows except the person who carts it around her own self (Colum McCann Quotes) We stumble on, thinks Jaslyn, bring a little noise into the silence, find in others the ongoing of ourselves. It is almost enough (Colum McCann Quotes) A book is completed only when it is finished by a reader (Colum McCann Quotes) She was tired of everyone wanting to go to heaven, nobody wanting to die. The only thing worth grieving over, she said, was that sometimes there was more beauty in this life than the world could bear (Colum McCann Quotes) I write articles, and I do profiles of members of organizations and associations (Colum McCann Quotes) The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity (Colum McCann Quotes) Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic (Colum McCann Quotes) There is always room for at least two truths (Colum McCann Quotes) The real beauty in life is that beauty can sometimes occur (Colum McCann Quotes) It was a silence that heard itself, awful and beautiful (Colum McCann Quotes) The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small (Colum McCann Quotes) Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be (Colum McCann Quotes) I think one of the biggest political failures, and the biggest social failures, over the past few years has been the failure of empathy; not being able to look at the other person down the street (Colum McCann Quotes) One small cloud, cast out by the herd, limps away to the west (Colum McCann Quotes) We have to admire the world for not ending on us (Colum McCann Quotes) With all respects to heaven, I like it here (Colum McCann Quotes) I guess this is what marriage is, or was, or could be. You drop the mask. You allow the fatigue in. You lean across and kiss the years because they’re the things that matter (Colum McCann Quotes) There are rocks deep enough in this earth that no matter what the rupture, they will never see the surface. There is, I think, a fear of love. There is a fear of love (Colum McCann Quotes) And I suddenly think, as I look across the table at him, that these are the days as they will be. This is the future as we see it. The swerve and the static. The confidence and the doubt (Colum McCann Quotes) He said to me once that most of the time people use the word love as just another way to show off they’re hungry. The way he said it went something like: Glorify their appetites (Colum McCann Quotes) Literature can remind us that not all life is already written down: there are still so many stories to be told (Colum McCann Quotes) Let this be a lesson to us all, said the preacher. You will be walking someday in the dark and the truth will come shining through, and behind you will be a life that you never want to see again (Colum McCann Quotes) She was forever tilted sideways by the notion that pain was inevitable, chance was cruel, and all human ingenuity should go towards the making of a good cup of tea (Colum McCann Quotes) He looks like the sort of man who can’t afford to leave, and doesn’t want to stay, and so he is doing both at once (Colum McCann Quotes) Words are good for saying what things are, but sometimes they don’t function for what things aren’t (Colum McCann Quotes) He might have been naive, but he didn’t care; he said he’s rather die with his heart on his sleeve than end up another cynic (Colum McCann Quotes) Let it be. Silly song, really. You let it be, it returns. There’s the truth. You let it be, it drags you to the ground. You let it be, it crawls up your walls (Colum McCann Quotes) ... and it strikes her, as she walks, that borders, like hatred, are exaggerated precisely because otherwise they would cease to exist altogether (Colum McCann Quotes) She likes the people with the endurance to tolerate the drudge, the ones who know that pain is a requirement, not a curse (Colum McCann Quotes)

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