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The Woman Who Stole My Life QUOTES

The Woman Who Stole My Life QUOTES

1 " Sometimes you get what you want and sometimes you get what you need and sometimes you get what you get. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

2 " If it is made with love, the imperfect becomes perfect. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

3 " Insomnia is an enemy that attacks in many forms. Sometimes it shows up the moment I get into bed and lingers for a couple of hours. Other nights, it stays away until about 5 a.m. and then butts in and hangs around until twenty minutes before the alarm is due to go off. It’s a full-time job, battling the fecker. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

4 " Human touch is as important as water and food and air and laughter and new shoes. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

5 " I’m seized by sudden horrible fear – the thought of living without carbs is terrifying. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

6 " I know forty-one is the new eighteen, but tell that to my metabolism. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

7 " I remember reading somewhere that the chemicals produced in the brain by a lengthy Twitter session are similar to those produced by cocaine. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

8 " Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together – Marilyn Monroe "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

9 " To be able to scratch the sole of my foot using the big toe of the other foot is nothing short of a miracle. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

10 " Perhaps one day in the far-off future, when I’m about eighty-nine, I might look back and say, “When I was a young-ish woman I fell in love with an intense charismatic man. He was way out of my league and when it ended it nearly killed me, but every woman should experience that sort of love once in their lives. Only once, mind, you mightn’t survive a second bout. A bit like dengue fever, that way.” I "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

11 " Where’s that guy with the coffee?’ ‘I’m here.’ Mannix had appeared. ‘You went to Costa Rica for the beans? "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

12 " Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

13 " sometimes things don’t happen for a reason, sometimes things just happen. It "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

14 " Sometimes you get what you want and sometimes you get what you need and sometimes you get what you get. The "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

15 " Accepting all that is given to me and all that is taken away. Recognizing that even loss and pain are gifts. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

16 " I awake. I don’t mean to but clearly I have not appeased the Sleep Gods with enough offerings. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

17 " Some people can make their ears move—it’s their party trick. Don’t feel bad if you can’t do it. Just find yourself another party trick. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

18 " Instead of thinking, “Why me?” I think, “Why not me?”’ Extract from One Blink at a Time In "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

19 " dreaming. But I know it’s real.” “When I woke up this morning "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life

20 " Not everyone can find a cure for cancer. Someone has to make the dinners and sort the socks. "

― Marian Keyes , The Woman Who Stole My Life