01UndatedI need you to get inside Wayne's head. I need someone who thinks a bit left field and in your own unpleasant way, Helen Walsh, you're a genius.He had a point. I'm lazy and illogical. I've limited people skills. I'm easily bored and easily irritated. But I have moments of brilliance. They come and they go and I can't depend on them but they do happen.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
02UndatedI had spent my whole life feeling homesick. The only difference between the two of us was that I didn't know what or where home was.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
04Undatedwhy can't we love the right people? what is so wrong with us that we rush into situations to which we are manifestly unsuited, which will hurt us and others? why are we given emotions which we cannot control and which move in exact contradiction to what we really want? we are walking conflicts, internal battles on legs.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
05UndatedYou will go on and meet someone else and I'll just be a chapter in your tale, but for me, you were, you are and you always will be, the whole story.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
08UndatedYou've recognised a fundamental feature of an addict's life. Maintaining your habit is so important you've no real interest in anything else.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
10UndatedHe'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?Marian Keyes / quote ↗
11UndatedBecause you promised? But you've promised me load of things. Like to cherish me and to love till death do us part.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
13UndatedIf 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.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
14UndatedAs they say in New York, Get over it and, if you can't get over it, Get over talking about it.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
16UndatedDon't make the mistake of letting pride get in the way of forgiveness. You still love him. He still loves you. Don't throw it all away just because your feelings are hurt.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
17UndatedI should have learned mindfulness, and it’s too late now because it’s no good learning it when you’re already in crisis: you have to start when things are good. But only the very, very oddest would think, Hey, my life is perfect. I know! I’ll sit and waste twenty minutes Observing My Thoughts without Judgement.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
18UndatedIn the same way that the stewards on the Titanic were more concerned about the unemptied ashtrays on the bar than the enormous hole in the side of the ship which was letting in zillions of gallons of water, I too was worrying about the unimportant and ignoring the vital. Sometimes it's easier that way. Because although there was little I could do about the huge hole, it was within my power to empty an asthray.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
19UndatedRegardless of the gender of the highest wage earner, the balance of power in the relationship will suffer if the higher earner uses control of the purse strings as a system of reward and punishment. It will also suffer if the lower earner takes a chippy, haughty attitude to spending money they haven't actually generated themselves.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
20UndatedI've been so showered in life, beyond my wildest dreams, such as having a loving partner I never thought I'd have.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
21UndatedSome think love can be measured by the amount of butterflies in their tummy. Others think love can be measured in bunches of flowers, or by using the words 'for ever.' But love can only truly be measured by actions. It can be a small thing, such as peeling an orange for a person you love because you know they don't like doing it.Marian Keyes / quote ↗
