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> [“The world will spiral out from underneath you, and you will find nothing to hold on to because you are either too smart or too dumb to find God…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/the-world-will-spiral-out-from-underneath-you-and-you-will-find/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

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## More by Nick McDonell

> [The more I have written, the less it has been about exploring myself, and the more it has been about exploring the world around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/the-more-i-have-written-the-less-it-has-been-about-exploring-myself/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [I'm interested in illuminating the enormous disparity between vast poverty and the tiny upper class... This vast inequity is unfair by definition, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/i-m-interested-in-illuminating-the-enormous-disparity-between-vast/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [“Everyone knows what a penny dropped form the top of the Empire State Building can do. So if it started to rain pennies, millions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/everyone-knows-what-a-penny-dropped-form-the-top-of-the-empire-state/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [“Because really, when you get down on your knees on the pew, you’re just giving God a blow job.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/because-really-when-you-get-down-on-your-knees-on-the-pew-you-re-just/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [I knew I loved writing, and I was raised by people who love books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/i-knew-i-loved-writing-and-i-was-raised-by-people-who-love-books/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [I'm not good enough to write about my friends, who are all brilliant and sophisticated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/i-m-not-good-enough-to-write-about-my-friends-who-are-all-brilliant/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [“The world will spiral out from underneath you, and you will find nothing to hold on to because you are either too smart or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/the-world-will-spiral-out-from-underneath-you-and-you-will-find/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [I know that I work hard for the things that I do, and I really go to the places that I report on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/i-know-that-i-work-hard-for-the-things-that-i-do-and-i-really-go-to/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [“Fiindca toata lumea are o notiune exacta despre cum trebuie sa traiasca..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/fiindca-toata-lumea-are-o-notiune-exacta-despre-cum-trebuie-sa/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [I'm terrified of getting what I'm not deserving of, feeling that I've got something for nothing... at the expense of brilliant starving writers all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/i-m-terrified-of-getting-what-i-m-not-deserving-of-feeling-that-i-ve/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [I was brought up to believe you should always live the most interesting life you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/i-was-brought-up-to-believe-you-should-always-live-the-most/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [“White Mike was a thinker, his teachers said. This is what he was thinking as he watched his mother's coffin being lowered into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/white-mike-was-a-thinker-his-teachers-said-this-is-what-he-was/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [Someone once accused me of slumming. I don't know what that means. I play basketball. And through that, I get to see a world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/someone-once-accused-me-of-slumming-i-don-t-know-what-that-means-i/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [“You will not be remembered if you die now. You will be buried and mourned by a few, and what more can you ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/you-will-not-be-remembered-if-you-die-now-you-will-be-buried-and/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

> [“What do you want? Because if you don’t want something, you’ve got nothing. You are adrift, you are washed away, and then buried under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/what-do-you-want-because-if-you-don-t-want-something-you-ve-got/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

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