Although when I start a novel I know how it will begin and end, I like to let the people within the story take me on a journey between those points without having a fixed plan.


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Oh, I talk about things; I drive my husband insane. And I can't tell a lie. Everyone knows. I do...
CECELIA AHERN
We have a tendency to put ourselves last, we concentrate on everything else; work, friends, family, ...
CECELIA AHERN
Discover your own style. Don't try to repeat what has already been written - have the courage to...
CECELIA AHERN
After having my baby I felt like I'd been introduced to my life, I slowed down, I paid more atte...
CECELIA AHERN
I write about emotions - falling in and out of love, finding what you want to do, no matter where yo...
CECELIA AHERN
I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the sta...
CECELIA AHERN
I just feel very often like a child in an absolutely weird world. I think that life is quite weird s...
CECELIA AHERN
Whenever I go to Germany I find that my readers have T-shirts with my book covers printed on them. T...
CECELIA AHERN
Fairy tales are such evil little stories for young children.
CECELIA AHERN
Home isn't a place, its a feeling
CECELIA AHERN
It's not the job of this town to make me feel happy. It's not this town´s fault that I don't feel I...
CECELIA AHERN
1. You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both. You'll fig...
CECELIA RODRIGUEZ
Do not be in a hurry; depend upon it, the right Man will come at last; you will in the course of the...
CECELIA RODRIGUEZ
We spend so much time in the office that our co-workers become our extended family. The key is to re...
CECELIA DWYER
How hurtful it can be to deny one's true self and live a life of lies just to appease others.
JUNE AHERN
Doomed to Hell. Every last one of you.
JUNE AHERN
Income and sales taxes are both collected in dribs and drabs.
BILL AHERN
Officials offered to take four percentage points off that,
BILL AHERN
Unlike income, or even sales taxes, property taxes are not accurate indicators of your cash at hand.
BILL AHERN
Even though there is an element of fairness in that proposal, we wouldn't recommend it. It sets a da...
BILL AHERN
It shows that the institutions are working,
BERTIE AHERN
the best, the most skillful, the most devious and the most cunning.
BERTIE AHERN
This is not good. The meeting was bad. Relations were bad. It was very hostile, even bitter... I don...
BERTIE AHERN
The timing of the bombings was clearly designed to wreak the greatest level of havoc and carnage. Th...
BERTIE AHERN
It is our sincere wish that the Northern Ireland institutions be restored as soon as possible.
BERTIE AHERN
A comprehensive deal is a comprehensive deal, which means all issues are addressed by everyone. Othe...
BERTIE AHERN
I spoke to Jose Manuel last night and was happy to share this information with him. It is a great tr...
BERTIE AHERN
very significant and an historic statement.
BERTIE AHERN
It is vital that we move forward together in the coming days as the transfer of sovereignty approach...
BERTIE AHERN
was prepared to take risks for the peace process, risks to secure agreement and risks to implement i...
BERTIE AHERN
In addition to the physical contact, it surprised us to find that these immune cells also have machi...
GERARD AHERN
The novelty is that we reveal a potential communication, involving the transmitter serotonin, betwee...
GERARD AHERN
At this point we just don't know how these drugs might affect immunity, so we really need to clarify...
GERARD AHERN
The wider health implication is that commonly used SSRI antidepressants, which target the uptake of ...
GERARD AHERN
We hope future studies will reveal any potential positive or negative effects. We plan to use severa...
GERARD AHERN
Radiation portal monitors are...allowing highly trained [Customers and Border Protection] officers t...
JAYSON AHERN
We're pleased when a test like this is able to demonstrate the efficacy of our technology.
JAYSON AHERN
We're now looking at going over there to begin discussions.
JAYSON AHERN
We're now looking at going over there to begin discussions. It does require bilateral discussions wi...
JAYSON AHERN
I was the individual who cleared on this process within Customs and Border Protection and reviewed a...
JAYSON AHERN
Coach sat us down after our bad start and told us we needed to come together as a team.
JOE AHERN
This is a fantastic breakthrough advertising and marketing campaign that is sure to be a great succe...
JOE AHERN
Sweeping UA was when it all clicked. We started playing together, which helped us put the puck in th...
JOE AHERN