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I like hoodies. They just make me feel safe.

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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
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What doesn't kill us makes us funnier.
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Here's how it is: I feel guilty about every single bite of food that goes into my mouth.
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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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My friend Kathy is the only person who'll be halfway honest with me. 'Did you ever see a cowboy film, where someone has been caught by the Indians and tied between two wild stallions, each pulling in opposite directions?' she asked.I nodded mutely.'That's a bit what giving birth is like.
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Not only was he not mad, but he was a musician, and my favorite men had always been musicians or writers or anything that involved the creative process and behaving like tortured artists. ... I found financial insecurity a great aphrodisiac.
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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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Do I mind being called a chick-lit writer? Well, it's not the worst thing that could happen.
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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.
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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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The best anyone can do is breathe in, breathe out and wait for it to pass.
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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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Although will never love anyone again, don't want to become bitter. Or creative.
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