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0a06b5f	I'd always felt that there was only a finite amount of good fortune in the universe to go around.		Marian Keyes
474a276	That's right," Karen said, clutching the bag to her chest and looking like Gollum with the Ring. "It's only stuff."		Marian Keyes
773ddfd	And not actually the great sacrifice that I'm making		Marian Keyes
303877b	you're an		Marian Keyes
51b386c	You don't have to sleep with someone, you can be unfaithful with your emotions.	marriage love	Marian Keyes
4baa2f1	Why would we 'swing' when we had praying?		Marian Keyes
d3f1e32	I despised him for liking me so much. I wondered how he could settle for so little.		Marian Keyes
069d308	It's upsetting when the nice bloke you really like turns out to be a complete, lying, two-timing bastard. But it's nearly as bad when the bloke that you thought was an unreliable heartbreaker turns out to be uncomplicated and nice.		Marian Keyes
d58519c	Once the door to one disaster had opened, the possibilities for catastrophe seemed open-ended and I felt I'd no choice but to go along with my life as it unraveled.	marriage love	Marian Keyes
e26d075	The stars are always there, even in the daylight. Sometimes we just can't see them.	marriage love	Marian Keyes
2e5b03e	I've brought sandwiches." He indicated a brown paper bag. "Let's play a game." Startled, we looked each other in the eye. We both swallowed hard. I cleared my throat and asked, "What's the game?" "If I've managed to bring your favorite sandwich, you meet me again tomorrow." "I like cheese," I said cautiously. I was afraid of him producing turkey and cranberry, my most hated. "What kind of cheese?" he asked. "Any kind." "Go on. Be specific."..		Marian Keyes
e271398	Im sorry, I thought it would be better that way. Less painful, to just let it all fade away.	marriage love	Marian Keyes
727ecbf	Isn't it strange that sometimes the memory of an act of kindness can cause more pain than the cruel stuff?		Marian Keyes
a9660ba	Hamstrung as I am with shortness and a tendency to roundness, which I need to watch like a hawk, I certainly don't look the part.		Marian Keyes
a96af48	Not that anyone ever fancied someone because they were a kind person. If that was the case Mother Teresa would have to fend them off with sticks.		Marian Keyes
9096b23	Guilt is a self-indulgence.		Marian Keyes
5d2db61	as you know, here at Randolph Media we reward hard work." Lisa twinkled prettily at the patent lie. Like many companies in the Western world, Randolph Media rewarded hard work with poor pay, increasing workloads, demotions and on-a-second's redundancies."		Marian Keyes
74d26f7	But, as we all know, the first law of shopping says that when you're urgently looking for something specific, you've no hope of finding it.	marriage love	Marian Keyes
8e86c6c	paths would have already crossed		Marian Keyes
25d197c	When happiness makes a guest appearance in one's life, it's important to make the most of it. It may not stay around for long and when it bas gone wouldn't it be terrible to think that all the time one could have been happy was wasted worrying about when that happiness would be taken away?		Marian Keyes
db3e22a	Perhaps the sadness of a divorce doesn't actually disappear, she realized. Instead you have to incorporate it, learn to coexist with it		Marian Keyes
f565b2b	No one knows how strong they are until they have to be.	love fling cheat	Marian Keyes
127fe83	worrying about the unimportant and ignoring the vital.		Marian Keyes
91778be	As if, within their high-pitched cries and songs, there are coded threats. 'Sometimes you get what you want and sometimes you get what you need and sometimes you get what you get.' Extract		Marian Keyes
84b91ff	and it mightn't be		Marian Keyes
a2d87cf	genuinely is		Marian Keyes
47d78b4	You have the look of someone who'll die under general anaesthetic while having liposuction.		Marian Keyes
e99f68e	Is it not strange,' she said, 'that a little cruelty makes them love me all the more?		Marian Keyes
84dcf26	La corrente della vita mi spingeva in avanti, ma io resistevo. Preferivo il passato, non ancora convinta che con Shay fosse davvero finita. Quando lo avevo salutato sul traghetto non sapevo che sarebbero trascorsi quindici anni prima di rivederlo.		Marian Keyes
032bb19	I have a habit of taking instant dislikes to people. Simply because it saves time.		Marian Keyes
ef603c0	It's a curse being dad's 'clever' child. He reads books the way other people take cold showers - they're good for you, but you're not expected to enjoy them.		Marian Keyes
699ef23	He's a waiter, not a Mafia stooge, so what's he going to do? Blac pepper them to death? Compliment them into a coma? Run them over with the dessert trolley?	love fling cheat	Marian Keyes
1cab6ea	Because you promised? But you've promised me load of things. Like to cherish me and to love till death do us part.	love fling cheat	Marian Keyes
2b4b0ac	He didn't even attempt to smile and I knew then that I had lost him.	love fling cheat	Marian Keyes
cf7152c	I employ this thing I called The Shovel List.		Chá de Sumiço - Marian Keyes
c51137b	If he says he doesn't love you anymore and does love this other woman, you've got to accept it. Maybe he will come back, maybe he won't, but either way, you've got to live through this.	love fling cheat	Marian Keyes
d30a939	As they say in New York, Get over it and, if you can't get over it, Get over talking about it.	love fling cheat	Marian Keyes
75d7856	If it was that beautiful, why did I leave you	love fling cheat	Marian Keyes
21f3106	He's a waiter, not a Mafia stooge, so what's he going to do? Black pepper them to death? Compliment them into a coma? Run them over with the dessert trolley?		Marian Keyes
32dd630	20:11 At what time is it acceptable to go to bed? I suspect nothing short of 10 p.m. will do. Okay, I can wait until 10 p.m. 20:14 I go to bed. I am my own person. I can do as I please. I am not hidebound by the silly, bourgeois rules of our society.		Marian Keyes
32763ae	You think that all a cruel-looking man needs is the love of a good woman and then he won't be cruel any more. But he stays cruel and you eat your heart out.		Marian Keyes
67ac865	After a pause he says, 'Trust you to bring everything back to sweets.' He is a fine one to talk, him and his birds.		Marian Keyes
b705e90	Sometimes, you meet a wonderful person, but it's only for a brief instant. Maybe on vacation or on a train or maybe even in a bus line. And they touch your life for a moment, but in a special way. And instead of mourning because they can't be with you for longer, or because you don't get the chance to know them better, isn't it better to be glad that you met them at all?		Marian Keyes
7297a17	When happiness makes a guest appearance in one's life, it's important to make the most of it. It may not stay around for long and when it has gone wouldn't it be terrible to think that all the time one could have been happy was wasted worrying about when that happiness would be taken away?		Marian Keyes

I'd always felt that there was only a finite amount of good fortune in the universe to go around.

Marian Keyes

474a276

That's right," Karen said, clutching the bag to her chest and looking like Gollum with the Ring. "It's only stuff."

Marian Keyes

773ddfd

And not actually the great sacrifice that I'm making

Marian Keyes

303877b

you're an

Marian Keyes

51b386c

You don't have to sleep with someone, you can be unfaithful with your emotions.

marriage love

Marian Keyes

4baa2f1

Why would we 'swing' when we had praying?

Marian Keyes

d3f1e32

I despised him for liking me so much. I wondered how he could settle for so little.

Marian Keyes

069d308

It's upsetting when the nice bloke you really like turns out to be a complete, lying, two-timing bastard. But it's nearly as bad when the bloke that you thought was an unreliable heartbreaker turns out to be uncomplicated and nice.

Marian Keyes

d58519c

Once the door to one disaster had opened, the possibilities for catastrophe seemed open-ended and I felt I'd no choice but to go along with my life as it unraveled.

marriage love

Marian Keyes

e26d075

The stars are always there, even in the daylight. Sometimes we just can't see them.

marriage love

Marian Keyes

2e5b03e

I've brought sandwiches." He indicated a brown paper bag. "Let's play a game." Startled, we looked each other in the eye. We both swallowed hard. I cleared my throat and asked, "What's the game?" "If I've managed to bring your favorite sandwich, you meet me again tomorrow." "I like cheese," I said cautiously. I was afraid of him producing turkey and cranberry, my most hated. "What kind of cheese?" he asked. "Any kind." "Go on. Be specific."..

Marian Keyes

e271398

Im sorry, I thought it would be better that way. Less painful, to just let it all fade away.

marriage love

Marian Keyes

727ecbf

Isn't it strange that sometimes the memory of an act of kindness can cause more pain than the cruel stuff?

Marian Keyes

a9660ba

Hamstrung as I am with shortness and a tendency to roundness, which I need to watch like a hawk, I certainly don't look the part.

Marian Keyes

a96af48

Not that anyone ever fancied someone because they were a kind person. If that was the case Mother Teresa would have to fend them off with sticks.

Marian Keyes

9096b23

Guilt is a self-indulgence.

Marian Keyes

5d2db61

as you know, here at Randolph Media we reward hard work." Lisa twinkled prettily at the patent lie. Like many companies in the Western world, Randolph Media rewarded hard work with poor pay, increasing workloads, demotions and on-a-second's redundancies."

Marian Keyes

74d26f7

But, as we all know, the first law of shopping says that when you're urgently looking for something specific, you've no hope of finding it.

marriage love

Marian Keyes

8e86c6c

paths would have already crossed

Marian Keyes

25d197c

When happiness makes a guest appearance in one's life, it's important to make the most of it. It may not stay around for long and when it bas gone wouldn't it be terrible to think that all the time one could have been happy was wasted worrying about when that happiness would be taken away?

Marian Keyes

db3e22a

Perhaps the sadness of a divorce doesn't actually disappear, she realized. Instead you have to incorporate it, learn to coexist with it

Marian Keyes

f565b2b

No one knows how strong they are until they have to be.

love fling cheat

Marian Keyes

127fe83

worrying about the unimportant and ignoring the vital.

Marian Keyes

91778be

As if, within their high-pitched cries and songs, there are coded threats. 'Sometimes you get what you want and sometimes you get what you need and sometimes you get what you get.' Extract

Marian Keyes

84b91ff

and it mightn't be

Marian Keyes

a2d87cf

genuinely is

Marian Keyes

47d78b4

You have the look of someone who'll die under general anaesthetic while having liposuction.

Marian Keyes

e99f68e

Is it not strange,' she said, 'that a little cruelty makes them love me all the more?

Marian Keyes

84dcf26

La corrente della vita mi spingeva in avanti, ma io resistevo. Preferivo il passato, non ancora convinta che con Shay fosse davvero finita. Quando lo avevo salutato sul traghetto non sapevo che sarebbero trascorsi quindici anni prima di rivederlo.

Marian Keyes

032bb19

I have a habit of taking instant dislikes to people. Simply because it saves time.

Marian Keyes

ef603c0

It's a curse being dad's 'clever' child. He reads books the way other people take cold showers - they're good for you, but you're not expected to enjoy them.

Marian Keyes

699ef23

He's a waiter, not a Mafia stooge, so what's he going to do? Blac pepper them to death? Compliment them into a coma? Run them over with the dessert trolley?

love fling cheat

Marian Keyes

1cab6ea

Because you promised? But you've promised me load of things. Like to cherish me and to love till death do us part.

love fling cheat

Marian Keyes

2b4b0ac

He didn't even attempt to smile and I knew then that I had lost him.

love fling cheat

Marian Keyes

cf7152c

I employ this thing I called The Shovel List.

Chá de Sumiço - Marian Keyes

c51137b

If he says he doesn't love you anymore and does love this other woman, you've got to accept it. Maybe he will come back, maybe he won't, but either way, you've got to live through this.

love fling cheat

Marian Keyes

d30a939

As they say in New York, Get over it and, if you can't get over it, Get over talking about it.

love fling cheat

Marian Keyes

75d7856

If it was that beautiful, why did I leave you

love fling cheat

Marian Keyes

21f3106

He's a waiter, not a Mafia stooge, so what's he going to do? Black pepper them to death? Compliment them into a coma? Run them over with the dessert trolley?

Marian Keyes

32dd630

20:11 At what time is it acceptable to go to bed? I suspect nothing short of 10 p.m. will do. Okay, I can wait until 10 p.m. 20:14 I go to bed. I am my own person. I can do as I please. I am not hidebound by the silly, bourgeois rules of our society.

Marian Keyes

32763ae

You think that all a cruel-looking man needs is the love of a good woman and then he won't be cruel any more. But he stays cruel and you eat your heart out.

Marian Keyes

67ac865

After a pause he says, 'Trust you to bring everything back to sweets.' He is a fine one to talk, him and his birds.

Marian Keyes

b705e90

Sometimes, you meet a wonderful person, but it's only for a brief instant. Maybe on vacation or on a train or maybe even in a bus line. And they touch your life for a moment, but in a special way. And instead of mourning because they can't be with you for longer, or because you don't get the chance to know them better, isn't it better to be glad that you met them at all?

Marian Keyes

7297a17

When happiness makes a guest appearance in one's life, it's important to make the most of it. It may not stay around for long and when it has gone wouldn't it be terrible to think that all the time one could have been happy was wasted worrying about when that happiness would be taken away?

Marian Keyes