“Instead of thinking, “Why me?” I think, “Why not me?”’ Extract from One Blink at a Time In” — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children. — Marian Keyes Child Copy Share Image
“I awake. I don’t mean to but clearly I have not appeased the Sleep Gods with enough offerings.” — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
I loved being in my own head so much, it was getting harder and harder being with other people. — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
Why do we have such a finite capacity for pleasure but an infinite one for pain? — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Get over it, and if you can't get over it, get over talking about it.” — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Like I always say, there's a time and a place for spontaneity.” — Marian Keyes Spontaneity Copy Share Image
“Don't make the mistake of letting pride get in the way of forgiveness. You still love him. He still loves you. Don't… — Marian Keyes Betrayal Copy Share Image
No more humiliation for me, thanks very much. No more swallowing my anger. Honestly, I couldn't manage another mouthful. But it was… — Marian Keyes Gratitude Copy Share Image
“Where does love go when it dies? Into flowers and other beautiful things? Back out into the universe to be recycled?” — Marian Keyes Flower Copy Share Image
Relationship gurus always said that an attraction based on friendship and mutual respect was far more likely to stay the course -… — Marian Keyes Attraction Copy Share Image
Love is an emotion. It can't be seen or touched, and it is experienced differently by everyone, therefore it is difficult to… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
He seemed wild and dangerous and carefree--well, he would, would'nt he? What were motorcycles and black leather pants if not the uniform… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Because you promised? But you've promised me load of things. Like to cherish me and to love till death do us part.” — Marian Keyes Betrayal Copy Share Image
“That’s right,” Karen said, clutching the bag to her chest and looking like Gollum with the Ring. “It’s only stuff.” — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“The landscape of the desert changes very gradually as little breezes lift grains of sand and move them, sometimes a few feet,… — Marian Keyes Desert Copy Share Image
The feel of them (books) and the smell of them. A bookshop was like an Aladdin's cave for me. Entire worlds and… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“What is so wrong with us that we rush into situations to which we are manifestly unsuited, which will hurt us and… — Marian Keyes Contradiction Copy Share Image
I couldn’t be with people and I didn’t want to be alone. Suddenly my perspective whooshed and I was far out in… — Marian Keyes Depression Copy Share Image
“This being human is a Guest House Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, Some momentary awareness comes… — Marian Keyes Every morning Copy Share Image
“when we’re in emotional pain, we think it’s a mistake, something that needs to be remedied. ‘We think that the point is… — Marian Keyes Emotional pain Copy Share Image
Some think love can be measured by the amount of butterflies in their tummy. Others think love can be measured in bunches… — Marian Keyes Action Copy Share Image
“I knew then that life was no respecter of circumstance. The force that flings disasters at us doesn't say " Well, I… — Marian Keyes Another year Copy Share Image
“You only grow up by living through the shit that life throws at you” — Marian Keyes Life Copy Share Image
“The stars are always there, even in the daytime. Sometimes we just can't see them.” — Marian Keyes Astronomy Copy Share Image
I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on. — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
For feel-good fiction to work, there has to be an element of darkness. — Marian Keyes Darkness Copy Share Image
Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up. — Marian Keyes Breakup 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
“Caviar is strange and disgusting. That popping texture, its like Space Dust for gourmets.” — Marian Keyes Caviar Copy Share Image
“If it don't come back, it was never yours. If it comes back, it's yours to keep.” — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
Do I mind being called a chick-lit writer? Well, it's not the worst thing that could happen. — Marian Keyes Being Copy Share Image
“As they say in New York, Get over it and, if you can't get over it, Get over talking about it.” — Marian Keyes Betrayal Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that relationships do suffer when circumstances change profoundly. — Marian Keyes Change Copy Share Image
