“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
“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
“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
“If you lose someone, you feel a loss, then after a while you fill in the hole in your life and the… — Marian Keyes Death Copy Share Image
“However, often when fatal things are happening, you don't know at the time that they're fatal. You get an inkling that they're… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, you meet a wonderful person, but it's only for a brief instant. Maybe on vacation or on a train or maybe… — Marian Keyes Fitness Copy Share Image
“At all times a heavy ceramic casserole would sit on a pale blue Aga, so should people drop in unexpectedly, I could… — Marian Keyes Bare feet Copy Share Image
... I am more of an ambler. I once overheard my old boss in Dublin describe me as very "hello trees, hello… — Marian Keyes Boss Copy Share Image
“In the same way that the stewards of the Titanic were more concerned about the unemptied ashtrays on the bar than the… — Marian Keyes Humor Copy Share Image
Many nations use language simply to convey information, but it's different in Ireland. With most conversational exchanges you get an 'added extra'… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Nkechi never tried to hide her bottom. She was proud of it. Fascinating to me. Irish girls' lives were a constant quest… — marian keyes Irish Copy Share Image
“You were the one who wanted me to come here with you, so you'd better have the bloody manners to talk to… — Marian Keyes Flirt Copy Share Image
For all of my life it was the size of my rear that caused me the most hand-wringing, but in this nearly-50… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“A large battalion of my thoughts was marching determinedly on its way to Annoyance but it was distracted and took a wrong… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“He'd done his walls with paint from Holy Basil. God, I yearned for their colors. I hadn't been able to afford them… — Marian Keyes Character development Copy Share Image
I wished there was some kind of switch on my brain. That I could turn it off in the same way that… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“… as you know, here at Randolph Media we reward hard work.” Lisa twinkled prettily at the patent lie. Like many companies… — Marian Keyes Business Copy Share Image
“But I thought that if people behaved like victims they would become victims, if people expected the worst to happen then it… — Marian Keyes Victims Copy Share Image
Not only was he not mad, but he was a musician, and my favorite men had always been musicians or writers or… — Marian Keyes Aphrodisiac Copy Share Image
“It was just that this was real life and no decision was clearly sign-posted. It's not like you take the right turning… — Marian Keyes Decision Copy Share Image
Regardless of the gender of the highest wage earner, the balance of power in the relationship will suffer if the higher earner… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“My friend Kathy is the only person who'll be halfway honest with me. 'Did you ever see a cowboy film, where someone… — Marian Keyes Birth 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
“My life was a wreck. I had nothing, no material possessions, unless debts counts. Fourteen pairs of shoes that were too small… — Marian Keyes Depression Copy Share Image
When you're a mass-market writer, people think that you can just decide 'this happens, this happens, this happens', whereas with literary writers… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“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… — Marian Keyes Black-humour Copy Share Image
Baking makes me focus. On weighing the sugar. On sieving the flour. I find it calming and rewarding because, in fairness, it… — Marian Keyes Baking Copy Share Image
