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Marian Keyes Inspirational Quotes (47)

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My friend Kathy is the only person who'll be halfway honest with me. 'Did you ever see a cowboy film, where someone has been caught by the Indians and tied between two wild stallions, each pulling in opposite directions?' she asked.I nodded mutely.'That's a bit what giving birth is like.
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Do I mind being called a chick-lit writer? Well, it's not the worst thing that could happen.
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He seemed wild and dangerous and carefree--well, he would, would'nt he? What were motorcycles and black leather pants if not the uniform of a wild, dangerous and carefree man?
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For all of my life it was the size of my rear that caused me the most hand-wringing, but in this nearly-50 zone it is my stomach that is the problem. It seems to have broken free from its moorings and there is no knowing how far it will roam.
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Here's how it is: I feel guilty about every single bite of food that goes into my mouth.
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Medically speaking, there is no such thing as a nervous breakdown. Which is very annoying to discover when you're right in the middle of one.
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It was only when the salt water of my tears ran into my cuts and made them sting that I discovered I was crying.
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One day we'll all be dead, and none of this will matter -The Brightest Star in the Sky.
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You will go on and meet someone else and I'll just be a chapter in your tale, but for me, you were, you are and you always will be, the whole story.
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Political correctness is a minefield
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I sighed. What is life but fleeting moments of happiness strung together on necklace of despair?
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Not only was he not mad, but he was a musician, and my favorite men had always been musicians or writers or anything that involved the creative process and behaving like tortured artists. ... I found financial insecurity a great aphrodisiac.
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Love is an emotion. It can't be seen or touched, and it is experienced differently by everyone, therefore it is difficult to measure.
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Love and kindness go hand in hand.
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The best anyone can do is breathe in, breathe out and wait for it to pass.
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I'd rather dig a ditch than go to a dinner party with people I don't know.
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I am prone to despair. We are all born with a particular personality. I get afraid and then I don't want to leave the house.
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Minsk! How pissed-off that sounded! It was great. You could scare the bejayzus out of someone if you said it right.
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Optimism can be relearnt.
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The old Chinese proverb springs to mind - No pain, no gain.
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Although will never love anyone again, don't want to become bitter. Or creative.
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when happiness makes a guest appearance in one's life,it's important to make the most of it.It may not stay around for long and when it has gone wouldn't it be terrible to think that all the time one could have been happy was wasted worrying when the happiness would be taken away.
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Her world had shrunk - no matter who she was with, she'd prefer to be with him. That's what happened when you fell in love - you only want to see them.
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What doesn't kill us makes us funnier.
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