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Chick Lit uses humor to reflect life back to us. It's a very comforting genre, and it's the first time our generation has had a voice. It's a very important genre for all of those reasons.

Marian Keyes

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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
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Limerick City
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I never wear flats. My shoes are so high that sometimes when I step out of them, people look around in confusion and ask, Where'd she go? and I have to say, I'm down here.
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You've recognised a fundamental feature of an addict's life. Maintaining your habit is so important you've no real interest in anything else.
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I used to feel defensive when people would say, 'Yes, but your books have happy endings', as if that made them worthless, or unrealistic. Some people do get happy endings, even if it's only for a while. I would rather never be published again than write a downbeat ending.
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Baking makes me focus. On weighing the sugar. On sieving the flour. I find it calming and rewarding because, in fairness, it is sort of magic - you start off with all this disparate stuff, such as butter and eggs, and what you end up with is so totally different. And also delicious.
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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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I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children.
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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 sighed. What is life but fleeting moments of happiness strung together on necklace of despair?
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I am different when my nails are done. I am more dynamic. I gesticulate more, I am better at scaring my staff. I can indicate impatience by drumming on tabletops and I can wrap up a meeting with a few choice clatters.
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I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways.
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They say the path of true love never runs smooth. Well, Luke and my true love's path didn't run at all, it limped along in new boots that were chafing its heels. Blistered and cut, red and raw, every hopping, lopsided step, a little slice of agony.
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Every day I wake up afraid that I won't be able to write, that today is the day it has left me.
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I've been so showered in life, beyond my wildest dreams, such as having a loving partner I never thought I'd have.
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Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.
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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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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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I've kind of realized life is meant to be tough and everybody is in psychic and spiritual discomfort of some sort and has a burden to carry. I've realized I'm not special.
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Slasher Hathaway marks his territory by spending money. He might as well have pissed on her. It means nothing.
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The best anyone can do is breathe in, breathe out and wait for it to pass.
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