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He might have been naive, but he didn't care he said he's rather die with his heart on his sleeve than end up another cynic.
Colum McCann
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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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Ultimately, you can only ever write what you know. It's logically and philosophically impossible to write what you don't know.
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The person we know at first, she thinks, is not the one we know at last.
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I'm a complete and utter fiction. Then again, we all are.
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