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  • I never wear flats. My shoes are so high that sometimes when I step out of them, people look around in confusion and ask, "Where'd she go?" and I have to say, "I'm down here.

    Marian Keyes (2005). “The Other Side of the Story”, p.42, Penguin UK
  • My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes you wiser.

  • How to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans.

    Marian Keyes (2005). “The Other Side of the Story”, p.550, Penguin UK
  • Do I mind being called a chick-lit writer? Well, it's not the worst thing that could happen.

    Mind   Chicks   Worst  
    "This much I know". Interview With Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2003.
  • smarter than me. But here's the thing my life did get better. I made a decision to let go of my dreams, because they were killing me, and I stopped asking the impossible of myself. I changed my attitude and decided to focus on what I had rather than what i didn't have.

  • The back windows looked out over the fields, then the Atlantic, maybe a hundred yards away. Actually, I'm just making that bit up. I had no idea how far away the sea was. Only men could do things like that. "Half a mile." "Fifty yards." Giving directions, that sort of thing. I could look at a woman and say "Thirty-six C." Or "Let's try it in the next size up." But I had no idea how far away Tim's sea was except that I wouldn't want to walk to it in high heels.

    Men   High Heels   Sea  
  • So I'm back again to the eternal question, the one that has plagued me all my life: How Do Other People Do It? How come they were given life's rule book and I missed out? Where was I when God was dispensing capability and cop on? Looking at shoes, probably.

    Book   Shoes   People  
  • One day we'll all be dead, and none of this will matter" -The Brightest Star in the Sky.

    Stars   Sky   One Day  
  • Her world had shrunk - no matter who she was with, she'd prefer to be with him. That's what happened when you fell in love - you only want to see them.

    Love You   World   Want  
  • I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so I try to keep the gap between sleep and writing as minimal as possible.

    Believe   Sleep   Writing  
  • I still get awful depression. It's who I am.

    Who I Am   Awful   Stills  
  • Love is an emotion. It can't be seen or touched, and it is experienced differently by everyone, therefore it is difficult to measure.

    "Ask a grown-up: how do we measure love?" by Marian Keyes, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2013.
  • It's not like you take the right turning and you get everlasting happiness and you take the wrong one and your life's a disaster. In real life it's often impossible to tell which decision is the one you should make because what you stand to gain and what you stand to lose are sometimes-often-neck and neck.

    Real   Decision   Gains  
  • God! I hated this business of being grown-up. I hated having to make decisions where I didn't know what was behind the door. I wanted a world where heroes and villains were clearly labeled. Where ominous music comes on-screen so you can't possibly mistake him. Where someone asks you to choose between playing with the beautiful princess in the fragrant garden and being eaten by the hideous monster in the foul-smelling pit. Not exactly a difficult one, now is it? Not something that you would agonize over, or that would make you lose a night's sleep?

  • The best anyone can do is breathe in, breathe out and wait for it to pass.

    Waiting   Stories   Sides  
    "The other side of the story". Book by Marian Keyes, 2004.
  • I've been so showered in life, beyond my wildest dreams, such as having a loving partner I never thought I'd have.

  • I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers.

    Writing   Proud   Reader  
  • I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways.

    Thinking   Denial   Way  
  • Minsk! How pissed-off that sounded! It was great. You could scare the bejayzus out of someone if you said it right.

    Scare   Pissed Off   Said  
  • Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.

    Marian Keyes (1995). “Watermelon”, Dufour Editions
  • When God closes one door, He slams another in your face

    Doors   Faces   Your Face  
  • Love is blind, there was no doubt about it. In Tara's case it was also deaf, dumb, dyslexic, had a bad hip and the beginnings of Alzheimer's

    Marian Keyes (2009). “Last Chance Saloon”, p.11, Harper Collins
  • Love and kindness go hand in hand.

    "Ask a grown-up: how do we measure love?" by Marian Keyes, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2013.
  • I loved being in my own head so much, it was getting harder and harder being with other people.

    People   Harder   My Own  
  • Baking makes me focus. On weighing the sugar. On sieving the flour. I find it calming and rewarding because, in fairness, it is sort of magic - you start off with all this disparate stuff, such as butter and eggs, and what you end up with is so totally different. And also delicious.

    Eggs   Focus   Magic  
  • They say the path of true love never runs smooth. Well, Luke and my true love's path didn't run at all, it limped along in new boots that were chafing its heels. Blistered and cut, red and raw, every hopping, lopsided step, a little slice of agony.

    Running   Cutting   Agony  
    Marian Keyes (2005). “Rachel's Holiday”, p.218, Penguin UK
  • Medically speaking, there is no such thing as a nervous breakdown. Which is very annoying to discover when you're right in the middle of one.

  • I knew it, I just knew it! The person who had the job of writing my life's dialogue used to work on a very low budget soap opera.

    Jobs   Writing   Opera  
  • There's no doubt that relationships do suffer when circumstances change profoundly.

    "Give the guy a break" by Marian Keyes, www.theguardian.com. September 25, 2002.
  • My friend Kathy is the only person who'll be halfway honest with me. 'Did you ever see a cowboy film, where someone has been caught by the Indians and tied between two wild stallions, each pulling in opposite directions?' she asked.I nodded mutely.'That's a bit what giving birth is like.

    Cowboy   Opposites   Two  
    Marian Keyes (2009). “Under the Duvet: Shoes, Reviews, Having the Blues, Builders, Babies, Families and Other Calamities”, p.110, Zondervan
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