“Caviar is strange and disgusting. That popping texture, its like Space Dust for gourmets.” — Marian Keyes Caviar Copy Share Image
“He didn't even attempt to smile and I knew then that I had lost him.” — Marian Keyes Betrayal Copy Share Image
Why do we have such a finite capacity for pleasure but an infinite one for pain? — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
Her world had shrunk - no matter who she was with, she'd prefer to be with him. That's what happened when you… — Marian Keyes Love Copy Share Image
Hen nights should be banned. You're honour-bound to behave atrociously, then feel terribly ashamed afterwards. (This Charming Man) — Marian Keyes Ashamed Copy Share Image
Bizarrely, I actually feel safer the older I get, like people will expect less from me, and I can become more and… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
In an unpredictable and unpleasant world it was both unusual and very pleasant to hear what I wanted to hear. — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
As I get older the stars have gone from my eyes more, and I see that life is just something that has… — Marian Keyes Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Worse, neither of us has liked any of the other’s Facebook posts, the modern equivalent of pistols at dawn.” — Marian Keyes Twitter Copy Share Image
At 30 I thought my life was over. I thought I'd have made something of myself by then, that life would somehow… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
I think reviewers are sexist... This isn't to sound bitter, but I think you're more likely to get a critical kicking if… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“When happiness makes a guest appearance in one's life, it's important to make the most of it. It may not stay around… — Marian Keyes Happiness Copy Share Image
I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up… — Marian Keyes Alive Copy Share Image
“When I opened my case in the hotel, he gestured excitedly at my snakeskin sandals, turquoise suede wedges and silver-speckled jellies. “But… — Marian Keyes Fashion Copy Share Image
When I first met my husband, he had a very good job - company car, pension plan, grudging respect from his staff… — Marian Keyes Ambition Copy Share Image
smarter than me. But here's the thing my life did get better. I made a decision to let go of my dreams,… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
So I'm back again to the eternal question, the one that has plagued me all my life: How Do Other People Do… — Marian Keyes Book Copy Share Image
“I forced myself to stop thinking about it. I went to the room in my brain where all my thoughts about Adam… — Marian Keyes Humor Copy Share Image
I suppose I wanted to have my cake and eat it. But then again, what were you going to do with your… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Unless it was an elaborate double-bluff on Wayne’s part and it was so obvious as to be not obvious at all … Christ, it… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“But Lucy, I've no money." I put my face up to his and smiled. He smiled back. "Frankly my dear," I beamed,… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think there is pressure on people to turn every negative into a positive, but we should be allowed to say, 'I… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways. — Marian Keyes Denial Copy Share Image
“Accepting all that is given to me and all that is taken away. Recognizing that even loss and pain are gifts.” — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“She had once tried to copy Jojo’s sexy wink – drink had been taken – but she had simply succeeded in dislodging… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
You will go on and meet someone else and I'll just be a chapter in your tale, but for me, you were,… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
I had spent my whole life feeling homesick. The only difference between the two of us was that I didn't know what… — Marian Keyes Differences Copy Share Image
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. — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
Medically speaking, there is no such thing as a nervous breakdown. Which is very annoying to discover when you're right in the… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Todays uplifting phrase is "love your body exactly as it is. Yout think it is imperfect and you're right, but its only… — Marian Keyes Love Your Body Copy Share Image
“Slasher Hathaway marks his territory by spending money. He might as well have pissed on her. It means nothing.” — Marian Keyes Hathaway Copy Share Image
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… — Marian Keyes Clever Copy Share Image
People promise to stick with their spouse 'for richer or poorer' but it's the 'for poorer' part that causes the worry. The… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“He's a waiter, not a Mafia stooge, so what's he going to do? Black pepper them to death? Compliment them into a… — Marian Keyes Betrayal Copy Share Image
Love is blind, there was no doubt about it. In Tara's case it was also deaf, dumb, dyslexic, had a bad hip… — Marian Keyes Alzheimer Copy Share Image
I knew it, I just knew it! The person who had the job of writing my life's dialogue used to work on… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the sadness of a divorce doesn’t actually disappear, she realized. Instead you have to incorporate it, learn to coexist with it” — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“but I couldn’t get through the day wearing clothes belonging to elderly people. I am not Alexa Chung” — Marian Keyes Elderly Copy Share Image
