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Death, the greatest democracy of them all. The world's oldest complaint. Happens to us all. Rich and poor. Fat and thin. Fathers and daughters. Mothers and sons.

— Colum McCann Let the Great World Spin (2009)

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People are good or half good or a quarter good, and it changes all the time - but even on the best day nobody's perfect.

Let the Great World Spin (2009)

The repeated lies become history, but they don't necessarily become the truth.

Let the Great World Spin (2009)

At a certain stage every single thing can be a sign.

Let the Great World Spin (2009)

Yet nothing was simple, certainly not simplification.

Let the Great World Spin (2009)

Perhaps it's chance. Or perhaps chance is just another way to try to convince ourselves that we are valuable.

Let the Great World Spin (2009)

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