« All Out Quotes · Colum McCann's Page
Out Quotes by Colum McCann
- One small cloud, cast out by the herd, limps away to the west.
- 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…
- I told him that I loved him and that I'd always love him and I felt like a child who throws a centavo into a…
- That was the sort of everyday love I had to learn to contend with: if you grow up with it, it's hard to think you'll…
- The city was bigger than its buildings, bigger than its inhabitants too. It had its own nuances. It accepted whatever came its way, the crime…
- How inevitable it is; we step into an ordinary moment and never come out again.
- The war was about vanity, he said. It was about old men who couldn't look in the mirror anymore and so they sent the young…
- One of those out-of-the-ordinary days that made sense of the slew of ordinary days. New York had a way of doing that. Every now and…
- Sometimes we just walk into something that is not for us at all. We pretend it is. We think we can shrug it off like…
- The stars looked like nail heads in the sky--pull a few of them out and the darkness would fall.
- 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…
More Out Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight,… — Hank Azaria