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 out to die. Was was a get-together of the vain. They wanted it simple--hate your enemy, know nothing of him.
Colum McCannShe likes the people with the endurance to tolerate the drudge, the ones who know that pain is a requirement, not a curse.
Colum McCannShe's always thought that one of the beauties of New York is that you can be from anywhere and within moments of landing its yours.
Colum McCann