What did Colum McCann mean by: The person we know at first, she thinks, is not the one we know at last. - Colum McCann Writer · Ireland Copy
+ So much of her time spent like this: dreaming up things to say and never quite saying them. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Colum McCann, Dream, Time Spent, 0 - Colum McCann Writer · Ireland
+ The stars looked like nail heads in the sky–pull a few of them out and the darkness would fall. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Colum McCann, Sky, Stars, 0 - Colum McCann Writer · Ireland
+ I sit there thinking about how much courage it takes to live an ordinary life. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Colum McCann, Ordinary, Ordinary Life, 0 - Colum McCann Writer · Ireland
+ There’s a part of me that thinks perhaps we go on existing in a place even after we’ve left it. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Colum McCann, Goes On, Left, 0 - Colum McCann Writer · Ireland
+ I have different books for different times of the day, let alone different seasons of the year! Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Colum McCann, Book, Different, 0 - Colum McCann Writer · Ireland
+ Every man with his own peculiar vice. His will hardly rock heaven or hell. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Colum McCann, Heaven, Rocks, 0 - Colum McCann Writer · Ireland
+ I’m only telling you on the truth,” he said. “If you can’t stand the truth, don’t ask for it. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Colum McCann, 0 - Colum McCann Writer · Ireland
+ You cannot read any image of the World Trade Center without thinking of 9/11. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Colum McCann, Trade, 0 - Colum McCann Writer · Ireland
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