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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.

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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