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Sighs and silences and avoided conversations are just as important as the things you do talk about.

Cecelia Ahern

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Cecelia Ahern
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: September 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Dublin city
Avoided
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Silence
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Sighs
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Silences
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