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

Colum McCann

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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Academic
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Illusion
Possibility
Happiness
Important
Always

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