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Optimism can be relearnt.

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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
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Limerick City
Optimism

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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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He seemed wild and dangerous and carefree--well, he would, would'nt he? What were motorcycles and black leather pants if not the uniform of a wild, dangerous and carefree man?
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Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.
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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.
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I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children.
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Political correctness is a minefield
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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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I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on.
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Although will never love anyone again, don't want to become bitter. Or creative.
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The best anyone can do is breathe in, breathe out and wait for it to pass.
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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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I never wear flats. My shoes are so high that sometimes when I step out of them, people look around in confusion and ask, Where'd she go? and I have to say, I'm down here.
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Chick Lit uses humor to reflect life back to us. It's a very comforting genre, and it's the first time our generation has had a voice. It's a very important genre for all of those reasons.
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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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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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One day we'll all be dead, and none of this will matter -The Brightest Star in the Sky.
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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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smarter than me. But here's the thing my life did get better. I made a decision to let go of my dreams, because they were killing me, and I stopped asking the impossible of myself. I changed my attitude and decided to focus on what I had rather than what i didn't have.
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Love is an emotion. It can't be seen or touched, and it is experienced differently by everyone, therefore it is difficult to measure.
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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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