Quotes by : Colum McCann

I’m not interested in blind optimism, but I’m very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that....

His body, his mind, his soul, had, for years, served only for the profit of others. He had his own people....

And there are moments that I would like to know what might have happened if it hadn't happened, and why....

...and it strikes her, as she walks, that borders, like hatred, are exaggerated precisely because otherwise....

A good novel can be a doorstop to despair.

I'm only telling you on the truth," he said. "If you can't stand the truth, don't ask for it.

The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.

They say ol’ man Beach is crazy. And maybe he is. But he goes ahead anyways. He’s the sort of man....

Gloria laughed at them and said that she’d overtaken grief a long time ago, that she was tired of everyone....

It's strange but as I grow older, I find myself developing more optimism. I keep inching toward the point....