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...and it strikes her, as she walks, that borders, like hatred, are exaggerated precisely because otherwise they would cease to exist altogether.
Colum McCann
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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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Where happiness was not a possibility, the illusion of it was always more important.
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I'm only telling you on the truth, he said. If you can't stand the truth, don't ask for it.
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That's what sons do: write to their mothers about recall, tell themselves about the past until they come to realize that they are the past.
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