“The core reason for it all was beauty.”

—  Colum McCann, book Let the Great World Spin

Let the Great World Spin (2009), Let the Great World Spin Forever Down
Context: The core reason for it all was beauty. Walking was a divine delight. Everything was rewritten when he was up in the air. New things were possible with the human form. It went beyond equilibrium.
He felt for a moment uncreated. Another kind of awake.

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