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Optimism can be relearnt.

Marian Keyes

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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 went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on.
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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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I sighed. What is life but fleeting moments of happiness strung together on necklace of despair?
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Waiting to be 'better' is the wrong approach. It's learning to live with it.
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The best anyone can do is breathe in, breathe out and wait for it to pass.
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