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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. (Marian Keyes)
Optimism can be relearnt. View quote
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I'm quite introverted but I'm not shy. View quote
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I haven't had Botox because my face is a bit lopsided and I depend on keeping everything animated so that people don't notice. View quote
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I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children. View quote
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Here's how it is: I feel guilty about every single bite of food that goes into my mouth. View quote
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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. View quote
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I've always been melancholic. At a party, everyone would be looking at the glittering chandeliers and I'd be looking at the waitress's cracked shoes. View quote
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I've kind of realised life is meant to be tough and everybody is in psychic and spiritual discomfort of some sort and has a burden to carry. I've realised I'm not special. View quote
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For feel-good fiction to work, there has to be an element of darkness. View quote
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I still get awful depression. It's who I am. (Marian Keyes)
I'd rather dig a ditch than go to a dinner party with people I don't know. View quote
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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. View quote
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My mother is the best storyteller. And her mother was too. View quote
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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. View quote
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Love and kindness go hand in hand. View quote
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The feel of them (books) and the smell of them. A bookshop was like an Aladdin's cave for me. Entire worlds and lives can be found just behind that glossy cover. All you had to do was look." Claire (Watermelon) View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers. View quote
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Do I mind being called a chick-lit writer? Well, it's not the worst thing that could happen. View quote
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There's no doubt that relationships do suffer when circumstances change profoundly. (Marian Keyes)
I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways. View quote
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I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on. View quote
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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. View quote
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Political correctness is a minefield. View quote
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