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The old Chinese proverb springs to mind - No pain, no gain.

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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
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Limerick City
Pain
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Springs
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Although will never love anyone again, don't want to become bitter. Or creative.
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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 went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on.
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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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Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.
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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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