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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.

Cecelia Ahern

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Cecelia Ahern
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: September 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Dublin city
Growing
Wanted
Presumptuous
Much
Aging
Something
Avoid
Never
Achievement
Challenge
Consider
Challenges

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