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Colum McCann is an Irish writer and journalist, acclaimed for his lyrical novels and short stories. His works often explore themes of identity, connection, and the complexities of the human experience. He has received numerous literary awards and continues to inspire readers worldwide. Here are 110 of his quotes:

I'm not interested in blind optimism, but I'm very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on darkness and then says, 'This is not enough.' (Colum McCann)
Rather he consoled himself with the fact that, in the real world, when he looked closely into the darkness he might find the presence of a light, damaged and bruised, but a little light all the same. View quote
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War was a get-together of the vain. View quote
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Hours and hours of insanity and escape. The projects were a victim of theft and wind. The downdrafts made their own weather. View quote
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Yet nothing was simple, certainly not simplification. View quote
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The core reason for it all was beauty. View quote
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The contemporary American novelist benefits in a way from being ignored. It makes you angrier and makes you want to go into all of those places where you shouldn't. View quote
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When I come home, I say I'm coming home to Dublin. When I'm in Dublin, I say I'm going home to New York. I'm sort of a man of two countries. View quote
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I knew then that it would end badly, her and Corrigan, these children. Someone or other was going to get torn asunder. And yet why shouldn't they fall in love, if even just for a short while? Why shouldn't Corrigan live his life in the body that was hurting him, giving up in places? Why shouldn't he have a moment of release from this God of his? It was a torture shop for him, worrying about the world, having to deal with intricacies when what he really wanted was to be ordinary and do the simple thing.Yet nothing was simple, certainly not simplification. Poverty, chastity, obedience - he had spent his life in fealty to them, but was unarmed when they turned against him. View quote
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The core reason for it all was beauty. Walking was a divine delight. Everything was rewritten when he was up in the air. New things were possible with the human form. It went beyond equilibrium. He felt for a moment uncreated. Another kind of awake. View quote
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Colum McCann

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Photo: Kudosmaker (Seamus Kearney), CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: Irish Writer
Born: February 28, 1965
Quotes count: 110
Wikipedia: Colum McCann

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