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The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.

Colum McCann

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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Academic
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Vanity
Luxury
Age
Giving

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One look at each other and it was immediately understood that they both needed a clean slate,,, The obliteration of memory.
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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.
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