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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.

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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
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Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.
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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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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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I sighed. What is life but fleeting moments of happiness strung together on necklace of despair?
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