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I missed her, the idea of her.
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missing-someone
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Once again, I don't quite know where I'm headed Steph. It seems that every few years I'm shoveling up the pieces of my life and starting from scratch all over. No matter what I do or how hard I try I can't seem to reach the dizzy heights of happiness, success, and security, like so many people do. And I'm not talking about becoming a millionaire and living happily ever after. I just mean reaching a point in my life that I can stop what I'm ..
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Cecelia Ahern |
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You were my wonderfully bespoke original guide to happiness.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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We all make mistakes, some bigger than others, but none of us is perfect.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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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.
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goodness
inspiration
love
yourself
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That was other thing I hated about kids; they always said the exact things that deep down you already knew, would never admit, and most certainly never wanted to hear.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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Warring for peace is like screwing for virginity!!
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Cecelia Ahern |
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You never forget about things you've done that you know you shouldn't have done. They hang around your mind, linger like a thief casing a joint for a future job. You see them there, dramatically lurking nearby in striped monochrome, leaping behind postboxes as soon as your head whips around to confront them. Or it's a familiar face in a crowd that you glimpse but then lose sight of. An annoying Where's Wally? forever locked away and hidden ..
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Cecelia Ahern |
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But Holly, nobody's life is filled with perfect little moments. And if it were, they wouldn't be perfect little moments. They would just be normal. How would you ever know happiness if you never experienced downs?
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Cecelia Ahern |
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People tell stories and it's up to those who listen whether to believe or not." "Shouldn't the storyteller believe it." "The storyteller should tell it."
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storytelling
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Cecelia Ahern |
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what a luxury it was for people to be able to hold their loved ones whenever they wanted.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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One must not speak of such things. One is still scarred from that experience.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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Alone because love was one of those feelings that you could never have control of. And she needed to be in control. She had loved before, had been loved, had tasted what it was to dream, and had felt what it was to dance on air. She had also learned what it was to cruelly land back on the earth with a thud.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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To hell with you all, I DO believe
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believe-in-life
believers
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Cecelia Ahern |
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I'm a million different things every day of the week.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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A weed is just a flower growing in the wrong place
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Love frees a soul and in the same breath can sometimes suffocate it.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.' 'And yet it is still extremely funny.
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sarcasm
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Cecelia Ahern |
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It's like my garden, love. Everything grows. Including love. And with that growing everyday how can you expect missing her to ever fade away? Everything builds, including our ability to cope with it. That's how we keep going.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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I don't care if my love is requited or not, because being with you and the very thought of you makes me happy. The point I'm trying to make is that you are loved because I love you, Adam. Please, don't do it. Please, don't jump because I need you.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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Some people go through life searching and never find their soul mates. They never do. You and I did, we just happened to have them for a shorter period of time than we hoped for. It's sad, but it's life. So you go to this ball, Holly and you embrace the fact that you had someone whom you loved and who loved you back.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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You can run and run as fast and as far as you like, but the truth is, wherever you run, there you are.
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life
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Cecelia Ahern |
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Parents are the barometers of emotions for children and it has a domino effect.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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I don't know why men like to barbecue so much. Maybe its the only thing they can cook. Or maybe they're just closet pyromaniacs.
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men
love
ps-i-love-you
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Cecelia Ahern |
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Courage does not take over, it fights and struggles through every word you say and every step you take. It's a battle or a dance as to whether you let it pervade. It takes courage to overcome, but it takes extreme fear to be courageous.
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young-adult
celestine
flawed
ya
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Cecelia Ahern |
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But with your life you make a few bad decisions, get unlucky a few times, whatever, but you have to keep going, right?
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moving-on
letting-go
goodness
inspiration
life
love
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nobody's life is filled with perfect little moments. And if it were, they wouldn't be perfect little moments. They would just be normal. How would you ever know happiness if you never experienced downs?
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Cecelia Ahern |
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then when the hurt goes, anger takes its place; when the anger runs out of system, loneliness steps in to take over. it's a never ending circle of emotions; every lost emotion being replaced by another.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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Perhaps I've been rushing my whole entire life, jumping into things headfirst without thinking them through. Running through the days without noticing the minutes.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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Everything in life has a place, and when one thing moves, it must go somewhere else.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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you are loved because I love you.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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are you saying that the feeling of searching for a missing sock is like searching for love ?
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Cecelia Ahern |
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Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge is often a responsibility nobody wants.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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I wonder if my watching him from the armchair is what it's like to be God, if there is a God. He sits back and sees the big picture, just as I could see that if the bluebottle just moved up a few inches, he'd be free. He wasn't really trapped at all, he was just looking in the wrong place. I wondered if God could see a way out for me and Mum. If I can see the open window for the bluebottle, maybe God can see the tomorrows for me and Mum. Th..
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Cecelia Ahern |
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So I left my wonderfully intelligent family and soaked myself in the bath and considered drowning myself. Then I remembered I still had chocolate cake left over from yesterday so I came back up for air. Some things are worth living for.
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ruby
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Cecelia Ahern |
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Love was one of those feelings that you could never control.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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At moments when life is at its worst there are two things that you can do: 1. Breakdown, lose hope and refuse to go on while lying on the facedown on the ground banging your fist and kicking your legs. 2. Laugh
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Cecelia Ahern |
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Dreams should make you think, 'If I had the guts to do it and I didn't care what anybody thought, this I what I'd really do'.
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time
dreams
life
do
lesson
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Cecelia Ahern |
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I love it here in Boston and I love studying medicine. But it's not home. Dublin is home. Being back with you felt like home. I miss my best friend. I've met some great guys here, but I didn't grow up with any of them playing cops and robbers in my back garden. I don't feel like they are real friends. I haven't kicked them in the shins, stayed up all night on Santa watch with them, hung from trees pretending to be monkeys, played hotel, or ..
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Cecelia Ahern |
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We haven't lost everything, if we haven't lost our hope.
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Cecelia Ahern |
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The Brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear,
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Cecelia Ahern |
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It's funny because when you're a child, you believe you can be anything you want to be, go whenever you want to go. There's no limit to what you can dream. You expect the unexpected, you believe in magic, in fairy tales, and in possibilities. Then you grow older and that innocence is shattered and somewhere along the way the reality of life gets in the way and you're hit by the realization that you can't be all you wanted to be, you just mi..
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Cecelia Ahern |
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You know, it's interesting. Children learn much more, far more quickly than adults. Do you know why that is?" Elizabeth assumed there was some scientific explanation for it, but shook her head. "Because they're open-minded. Because they want to know and they want to learn. Adults"--he shook his head sadly--"think they know it all. They grow up and forget so easily instead of opening their minds, they choose what to believe and what not to b..
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Cecelia Ahern |
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I know the difference between right and wrong. I understand the rules. But today I feel that the rules have been blurred, because today they were literally on my front doorstep.
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morality
right-and-wrong
rules
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