She had once tried to copy Jojo’s sexy wink – drink had…

“As they say in New York, Get over it and, if you can't get over it, Get over talking about it.”

— Marian Keyes

I rang my mother to thank her for giving birth to me and she said, "What choice had I? You were in there, how…

— Marian Keyes

“I should have learned mindfulness, and it’s too late now because it’s no good learning it when you’re already in crisis: you have to…

— Marian Keyes

“The last time I’d been unwell, suicidally depressed, whatever you want to call it, the reactions of my friends and family had fallen into…

— Marian Keyes

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 and going…

— Marian Keyes

Some think love can be measured by the amount of butterflies in their tummy. Others think love can be measured in bunches of flowers,…

— Marian Keyes

“Guilt is a self-indulgence.”

— Marian Keyes

“I awake. I don’t mean to but clearly I have not appeased the Sleep Gods with enough offerings.”

— Marian Keyes

It was only when the salt water of my tears ran into my cuts and made them sting that I discovered I was crying.

— Marian Keyes

I wished there was some kind of switch on my brain. That I could turn it off in the same way that I could…

— Marian Keyes

“I click to buy it and I’m furious to discover that it’s not available in Ireland and they won’t post it from abroad and…

— Marian Keyes

I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children.

— Marian Keyes

“As if, within their high-pitched cries and songs, there are coded threats.     ‘Sometimes you get what you want and sometimes you get…

— Marian Keyes

“If it don't come back, it was never yours. If it comes back, it's yours to keep.”

— Marian Keyes

Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted makeup. Forget the laughs, forget the fights, forget the sex, forget the jealousy. But take…

— Marian Keyes