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TransAtlantic
Colum McCann
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic.”
“There is always room for at least two truths.”
“The tunnels of our lives connect, coming to daylight at the oddest moments, and then plunge us into the dark again. We return to the lives of those who have gone before us, a perplexing möbius strip until we come home, eventually, to ourselves.”
“The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.”
“What was a life anyway? An accumulation of small shelves of incident.”
“The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.”
“We seldom know what echo our actions will find, but our stories will most certainly outlast us.”
“When I sat down beside them, their silence was lined with tenderness. We have to admire the world for not ending on us.”
“What was life anyway? An accumulation of small shelves if incident. Stacked at odd angles to each other.”
“The conspiracy of women. We are in it together, make no mistake.”
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