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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.

Colum McCann

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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Academic
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Looks
Slate
Immediately
Memory
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Memories
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Obliteration

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The point of flight. To get rid of oneself. That was reason enough to fly.
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