Colum McCann Quotes about Memories

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There are moments we return to, now and always. Family is like water - it has a memory of what it once filled, always trying to get back to the original stream.

There are moments we return to, now and always. Family is like water - it has a memory of what it once filled, always trying to get back to the original stream.

Colum McCann

Memories, Always Trying, Water

Colum McCann (2009). “Let The Great World Spin”, p.50, Bloomsbury Publishing

Memory has a heavy backspin, yet it’s still impossible to land exactly where we took off.

Colum McCann

Memories, Land, Impossible

Colum McCann (2008). “Zoli: A Novel”, p.66, Random House

He's at ease, his body sculpted to the music, his shoulder searching the other shoulder, his right toe knowing the left knee, the height, the depth, the form, the control, the twist of his wrist, the bend of his elbow, the tilt of his neck, notes digging into arteries, and he is in the air now, forcing the legs up beyond muscular memory, one last press of the thighs, an elongation of form, a loosening of human contour, he goes higher and is skyheld.

Colum McCann

Memories, Knowing, Air

We seldom know what we're hearing when we hear something for the first time, but one thing is certain: we hear it as we will never hear it again. We return to the moment to experience it, I suppose, but we can never really find it, only its memory, the faintest imprint of what really was, what it meant.

Colum McCann

Memories, Hearing, Firsts

"Let the Great World Spin". Book by Colum McCann, June 23, 2009.