Stories are there to be told, and each story changes with the telling. Time changes them. Logic changes them. Grammar changes them. History changes them. Each story is shifted side-ways by each day that unfolds. Nothing ends. The only thing that matters, as Faulkner once put it, is the human heart in conflict with itself. At the heart of all this is the possibility, or desire, to create a piece of art that talks to the human instinct for recovery and joy. β¨ Author, author: Stories are there to be told by Colum McCann, www.theguardian.com. September 4, 2009.
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- The real beauty in life is that beauty can sometimes occur.
- The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough. β¨ Colum McCann (2009). Let the Great World Spin: A Novel, p.349, Random House
- Sometimes thinking back on things is a mistake arising out of pride, but I guess you live inside a moment for years, move with it and feel it grow, and it sends out roots until it touches everything β¦ βΆ
- Even if you're going to die, you might as well die pretty. β¨ Colum McCann (2009). Let the Great World Spin: A Novel, p.210, Random House
- He said to me once that most of the time people use the word love as just another way to show off they're hungry. The way he said it went something like: Glorify their appetites. β¨ Colum McCann (2009 β¦ βΆ
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