Marian Keyes Quotes

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• Not only was he not mad, but he was a musician, and my favorite men had always been musicians or writers or anything that involved…
• 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.
• Love and kindness go hand in hand.
• 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…
• As you know, I don't believe in fear, just an invention by men so they get all the money and good jobs.
• Do I mind being called a chick-lit writer? Well, it's not the worst thing that could happen.
• Every day I wake up afraid that I won't be able to write, that today is the day it has left me.
• For feel-good fiction to work, there has to be an element of darkness.
• Here's how it is: I feel guilty about every single bite of food that goes into my mouth.
• I am prone to despair. We are all born with a particular personality. I get afraid and then I don't want to leave the house.
• 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…
• I like hoodies. They just make me feel safe.
• I still get awful depression. It's who I am.
• I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on.
• I'd rather dig a ditch than go to a dinner party with people I don't know.
• I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers.
• I'm quite introverted but I'm not shy.
• 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.
• I've been so showered in life, beyond my wildest dreams, such as having a loving partner I never thought I'd have.
• I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children.

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