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
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
kids said hated
That was other thing i hated about kids; they always said th exact things that deep dpwn you already knew, would never admit, and most certainly never wanted to hear.
order giving sometimes
Sometimes you have to give yourself to somebody in order to see who you are. Sometimes you have to unravel things to get to the core
laughter memories eye
His entired life bundled into wenty refuse sacks. His and her memories bundle away in Holly's mind. Each item unearthed dust, tears, laughter and memories. She bagged the items, cleared the dust, wiped her eyes and filed away the memories.
missing twists joy-luck-club
what you don't know, you don't miss
favors asks generous
To mention it was to ask a favor and that as you were too generous, and as for her to ask was always to have, she wouldn't
people want facts
Nobody can pretend to know what people want to read or hear or see. People rarely know it themselves; they only know it after the fact.
decision bad-decision unlucky
But with your life you make a few bad decisions, get unlucky a few times, whatever, but you have to keep going, right?
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.
stupid mean people
people who say its a long story, mean it's a stupid short one that they are too embarrassed and couldn't be bothered to tell
life-sucks soul floating
Hundreds of butts in piles on the ground to mark the spot, their lives sucked out of them by their users in panicked distressed frenzy, their souls floating around the insides of lungs while their outsides were dropped, stamped on and deserted
i-love-you age arrogant
We're so arrogant, aren't we? So afraid of age, we do everything we can to prevent it. We don't realize what a privilege it is to grow old with someone. Someone who doesn't drive you to commit murder or doesn't humiliate you beyond repair.
circles way mazes
I suppose it’s easier to see the way out of anything when you’ve found your way out of that maze. When you’re stuck in the middle, in a series of dead-ends making circles, it’s difficult to make any sense of anything.
achievement challenges growing
How presumptuous they had both been never to consider growing old as an achievement and a challenge. Aging was something they'd both wanted so much to avoid.