Marian Keyes Quotes

I used to feel defensive when people would say, 'Yes, but your books have happy endings', as if that made them worthless, or unrealistic. Some people do get happy endings, even if it's only for a while. I would rather never be published again than write a downbeat ending.

Marian Keyes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: September 10, 1963

Topics

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Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them.

Jim Crace

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No person can escape Einsteinian relativity, and no soldier or veteran can escape the trauma of war's dislocation.

Joe Haldeman

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I've always loved to combine different scents to come up with my own unique thing.

Jennifer Aniston

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There was a Japantown in San Francisco, but after the internment camps that locked up all the Japanese, Japantown shrunk down to just a couple tourist blocks.

Ann Nocenti

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Christian nonviolence must be embodied in a community that is an alternative to the world's violence.

Stanley Hauerwas

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I am 82 years old. I imagine that I will keep on writing as long as anyone wants to keep reading.

Tony Hillerman

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Man is a great blunderer going about in the woods, and there is no other except the bear makes so much noise.

Mary Hunter Austin

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It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

Jose Marti

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The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don't become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren't able to mold and shape and make their puppet.

Dennis Rodman

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Temptation's something you have to deal with even if you're not famous. It's harder when you're famous because it's a lot more in your face, and that makes it a little more difficult to walk away from sometimes.

Denis Leary

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I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

Bob Woodward

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I don't necessarily want my physician making all my decisions.

Anne Wojcicki

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