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Although will never love anyone again, don't want to become bitter. Or creative.

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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
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Limerick City
Creative
Anyone
Become
Never
Love
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I like hoodies. They just make me feel safe.
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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'd rather dig a ditch than go to a dinner party with people I don't know.
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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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Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.
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Political correctness is a minefield
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Medically speaking, there is no such thing as a nervous breakdown. Which is very annoying to discover when you're right in the middle of one.
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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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