I recalled the myth that I had once heard as a university student — thirty-six hidden saints in the world, all of them doing the work of humble men, carpenters, cobblers, shepherds. They bore the sorrows of the earth and they had a line of communication with God, all except one, the hidden saint, who was forgotten. The forgotten one was left to struggle on his own, with no line of communication to that which he so hugely needed. Corrigan had lost his line with God: he bore the sorrows on his own, the story of stories.


Let the Great World Spin (2009) - Book One: All Respects to Heaven, I Like it Here

Colum McCann Quotes

I recalled the myth that I had once heard as a university student — thirty-six hidden saints in the world, all of them doing the work of humble...

I recalled the myth that I had once heard as a university student — thirty-six hidden saints in the world, all of them doing the work of humble...

I recalled the myth that I had once heard as a university student — thirty-six hidden saints in the world, all of them doing the work of humble...

I recalled the myth that I had once heard as a university student — thirty-six hidden saints in the world, all of them doing the work of humble...