The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough. ✨ Colum McCann (2009). L…

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The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough. ✨ Colum McCann (2009). Let the Great World Spin: A Novel, p.349, Random House
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People are good or half good or a quarter good, and it changes all the time- but even on the best day nobody's perfect. ✨ Colum McCann (2009). Let The Great World Spin, p.260, Bloomsbury Publishing
If they ask you to stand still, you should dance. ✨ Colum McCann (2009). Let The Great World Spin, p.74, Bloomsbury Publishing
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The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough. ✨ Colum McCann (2009). Let the Great World Spin: A Novel, p.349, Random House

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