Cecelia Ahern
Cecelia Ahern
Cecelia Ahernis an Irish novelist since 2004. She has published several novels and contributed a number of short stories to various anthologies...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 September 1981
CityDublin, Ireland
CountryIreland
stupid wedding-day reason
Twice we stood beside each other at the altar, Rosie. Twice. And twice we got it wrong. I needed you to be there for my wedding day but I was too stupid to see that I needed you to be the reason for my wedding day. But we got it all wrong.
sadness letters triumph
There were hundreds of them spread across the floor, each telling its own tale of triumph or sadness, each letter representing a phase in her life. She had kept them all.
eye ideas worry
Don't ever take for granted when people look in your eyes; you have no idea how important it is to be acknowledged. Even if it's an angry stare, because it's when they ignore you, when they look right through you, that you should start worrying.
heart break
Imagining and fantasizing did nothing but break her heart.
lines height rope
Any tightrope walker can walk in a straight line and hold a cane at the same time. It's the balancing on the rope at those dizzying heights that they have to practise
running faster made
I always pushed myself. Whenever I felt I needed to stop, I made myself run faster.
trying difficult
I guess when you’re trying to find all the parts of yourself, it’s difficult to be with someone who’s already fully intact.
dark self shadow
I don't know why, but there's always the part of you, the part that hides in the shadows protecting the self-destruct button, that doesn't ever want to leave the dark behind.
issues years tragic
What seems tragic now won't even be an issue in a few years time.
mistake perfect bigger
We all make mistakes, some bigger than others, but none of us is perfect.
giving-up horrible worst
Yes it's difficult. Yes it's horrible. Yes it's the worst thing that has ever happen in my whole life. But I just can't give up.
depressing giving hollies
Holly smiled weakly. Gerry would know exactly how she was feeling, he would know exactly what to say and he would know exactly what to do. He would give her one of his famous hugs and all her problems would melt away. She grabbed a pillow from her bed and hugged it tight. She couldn't remember the last time she hugged someone, really hugged someone. And the depressing thing was that she couldn't imagine ever embracing anyone the same way again.
numbers mind age
Age is just a number, not a state of mind or a reason for any type of particular behaviour.
sarcasm extremely-funny form
You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.' 'And yet it is still extremely funny.