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You gotta be rich to be insane, Hol. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle class.

Cecelia Ahern

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Cecelia Ahern
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: September 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Dublin city
Mind
Gotta
Luxury
Insane
Losing
Middle
Rich
Class

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