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They say a story loses something with each telling.

Cecelia Ahern

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Cecelia Ahern
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: September 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Dublin city
Loses
Story
Stories
Something
Telling

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Chin up, don’t smile, don’t cry, don’t fall, walk.
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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.
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Her silence was worth more to her than a thousand words.In that silence,she had peace and clarity.Except during the night,when her own jumbled thoughts would keep her awake.
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Yesterday was a closed book, tomorrow, however, was another story.
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She needed to talk, she needed to cry, she needed to vent all her frustrations and disappointments.
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