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They told me Corrigan smashed all the bones in his chest when he hit the steering wheel. I thought, Well at least in heaven his Spanish chick'll be able to reach in and grab his heart.
Colum McCann
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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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With all respects to heaven, I like it here.
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This is not my life. These are not my cobwebs. This is not the darkness I was designed for.
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The person we know at first, she thinks, is not the one we know at last.
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The point of flight. To get rid of oneself. That was reason enough to fly.
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A book is completed only when it is finished by a reader.
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