Being the best was as equal to being in the middle, which was equal to being the worst. All were merely a state of being. It was how a person felt in that state and why they were in that state that was the important thing.
Cecelia AhernSighs and silences and avoided conversations are just as important as the things you do talk about.
Cecelia AhernWell isnโt that one thing youโre all the more wise for? Age has taught you something. It seems to me that you know the big secret. That nobody knows whatโs going on
Cecelia AhernIt's not the job of this town to make me feel happy. It's not this townยดs fault that I don't feel I fit in. It doesn't matter where you are in the world, because it's about where you are in your head. It's about the other world I inhabit. The world of dreams, hope, imagination, and memories. I'm happy up here, and because of that I'm happy up there too
Cecelia AhernI love it here in Boston and I love studying medicine. But itโs not home. Dublin is home. Being back with you felt like home. I miss my best friend. Iโve met some great guys here, but I didnโt grow up with any of them playing cops and robbers in my back garden. I donโt feel like they are real friends. I havenโt kicked them in the shins, stayed up all night on Santa watch with them, hung from trees pretending to be monkeys, played hotel, or laughed my heart out as their stomachs were pumped. Itโs kind of hard to beat that.
Cecelia AhernJournalism classes teach us that one must extract oneself from the story in order to report without bias, but often we need to be in the story in order to understand, to connect, to help the audience identify or else it has no heart; it could be a robot telling the story, for all anyone cares.
Cecelia Ahern