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'Let the Great World Spin' at the end talks a lot about connections and light and possibility and the fact that the world doesn't end. Even in the darkest times, we have to go on.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: About Connections Darkest End Even Fact Go Great Light Lot Possibility Spin Talks Times World

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I have a wardrobe full of scarves now, just about every color under the sun. My trick is that I always cut them in two, down the middle. They're lighter, thinner, skinnier that way. And because I'm cheap, I get two scarves for the price of one.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: About Always Because Cheap Color Cut Down Every Full Get Just Lighter Middle Now Price Sun Them Thinner Trick Two Wardrobe Way

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About 25 years ago, I took a bicycle across the United States. I soon found out that the greatest item of clothing was the trusty bandanna. There were dozens of uses for a bandanna - as a pot holder, a chain cleaner, a sun shield, a headband, a snot rag, a declaration of Kerouacian intent.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: About Across Bicycle Chain Cleaner Clothing Declaration Dozens Found Greatest Holder Intent Item Out Pot Rag Shield Soon States Sun Took United United States Uses Were Years Years Ago

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The best writers attempt to become alternative historians.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: Alternative Attempt Become Best Historians Writers

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The short story is an imploding universe. It has all the boil of energy inside it. A novel has shrapnel going all over the place. You can have a mistake in a novel. A short story has to be perfect.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: Boil Energy Going Inside Mistake Novel Over Perfect Place Short Short Story Story Universe You

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Writer

Born: February 28th, 1965

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