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Colum McCann Quotes about Heaven

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She was tired of everyone wanting to go to heaven, nobody wanting to die. The only thing worth grieving over, she said, was that sometimes there was more beauty in this life than the world could bear.

She was tired of everyone wanting to go to heaven, nobody wanting to die. The only thing worth grieving over, she said, was that sometimes there was more beauty in this life than the world could bear.

Colum McCann
Tired, Grieving, Heaven
Colum McCann (2009). “Let The Great World Spin”, p.292, Bloomsbury Publishing

You can count the dead, but you can't count the cost. We've got no math for Heaven.

Colum McCann
Math, Heaven, Cost
Colum McCann (2009). “Let the Great World Spin: A Novel”, p.83, Random House

Every man with his own peculiar vice. His will hardly rock heaven or hell.

Colum McCann
Men, Rocks, Heaven
Colum McCann (2013). “TransAtlantic”, p.79, Bloomsbury Publishing

With all respects to heaven, I like it here.

Colum McCann
Heaven
Colum McCann (2009). “Let The Great World Spin”, p.11, Bloomsbury Publishing

They told me Corrigan smashed all the bones in his chest when he hit the steering wheel. I thought, Well at least in heaven his Spanish chick'll be able to reach in and grab his heart.

Colum McCann
Heart, Heaven, Able
Colum McCann (2009). “Let the Great World Spin: A Novel”, p.211, Random House

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