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I knew it, I just knew it! The person who had the job of writing my life's dialogue used to work on a very low budget soap opera.

Marian Keyes

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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
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Limerick City
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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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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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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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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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Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.
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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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