“A condition of youth, your own importance. The mark you'd make upon the world. But a man learns sooner or later. You take your little niche and make it your own. You ride out the time as best you can.”

—  Colum McCann, book Let the Great World Spin

Let the Great World Spin (2009), Book Three: Part of the Parts

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