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I don't like this idea of division: that if you're a clever woman then you've got to be a particular way. Because men don't. Men please themselves.

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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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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Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.
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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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Although will never love anyone again, don't want to become bitter. Or creative.
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Love and kindness go hand in hand.
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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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Political correctness is a minefield
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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 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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One day we'll all be dead, and none of this will matter -The Brightest Star in the Sky.
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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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I know of people who don't believe it, but depression is an illness, but unlike, say, a broken leg, you don't know when it'll get better.
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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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I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on.
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