Colum McCann Quote Explained: There's a part of me that thinks perhaps we go on existing in a place even after we've left it.

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The thing about love is that we come alive in bodies not our own.

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· Ireland

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One small cloud, cast out by the herd, limps away to the west.

- Colum McCann

Writer

· Ireland

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The stars looked like nail heads in the sky–pull a few of them out and the darkness would fall.

- Colum McCann

Writer

· Ireland

Sky
Stars

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I’m only telling you on the truth,” he said. “If you can’t stand the truth, don’t ask for it.

- Colum McCann

Writer

· Ireland

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The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.

- Colum McCann

Writer

· Ireland

Grace

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Words are good for saying what things are, but sometimes they don’t function for what things aren’t.

- Colum McCann

Writer

· Ireland

Function

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Where happiness was not a possibility, the illusion of it was always more important.

- Colum McCann

Writer

· Ireland

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I have different books for different times of the day, let alone different seasons of the year!

- 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.

There’s a part of me that thinks perhaps we go on existing in a place even after we’ve left it.

The thing about love is that we come alive in bodies not our own.

One small cloud, cast out by the herd, limps away to the west.

The stars looked like nail heads in the sky–pull a few of them out and the darkness would fall.

I’m only telling you on the truth,” he said. “If you can’t stand the truth, don’t ask for it.

The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.

Words are good for saying what things are, but sometimes they don’t function for what things aren’t.

Where happiness was not a possibility, the illusion of it was always more important.

I have different books for different times of the day, let alone different seasons of the year!

It’s not how many years you’ve lived, it’s how they’ve left you.

Of course she had some pathetic illusions about herself or she would not be able to go on living.

There has not been one day since I left that I have not thought about Haiti.

I go on writing so that I will always have something to read.

the power of a text is not time-bound. The words go on doing their work.

I fell into the books, and left myself there for safekeeping.

I’m at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.

Make everyday as productive as the day before you go on vacation.

There’s a part of me that thinks perhaps we go on existing in a place even after we’ve left it.

There’s a part of me that thinks perhaps we go on existing in a place even after we’ve left it.

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