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Sometimes thinking back on things is a mistake arising out of pride, but I guess you live inside a moment for years, move with it and feel it grow, and it sends out roots until it touches everything in sight.

Colum McCann

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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Academic
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Thinking
Back
Move
Live
Inside
Arising
Everything
Grow
Sends
Feel
Mistake
Touches
Sometimes
Grows
Roots
Feels
Moment
Guess
Years
Moving
Sight
Things
Moments
Pride

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