How to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans. by Marian Keyes

How to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans.

Marian Keyes

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I couldn’t be with people and I didn’t want to be alone. Suddenly my perspective whooshed and I was far out in space, watching the world. I could see millions and millions of people, all slotted into their lives; then I could see me—I’d lost my place in the universe. It had closed up and there was nowhere for me to be. I was more lost than I had known it was possible for any human being to be.

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I sighed. "What is life but fleeting moments of happiness strung... by Marian Keyes

I sighed. "What is life but fleeting moments of happiness strung together on necklace of despair?

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The old Chinese proverb springs to mind - No pain, no gain. by Marian Keyes

The old Chinese proverb springs to mind - No pain, no gain.

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I still get awful depression. It's who I am. by Marian Keyes

I still get awful depression. It's who I am.

awful stills who-i-am

I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from... by Marian Keyes

I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on.

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Regardless 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.

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I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.

day you today war

Writing about feeling disconnected has enabled me to connect, and that has been the most lovely thing of all.

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I've kind of realised life is meant to be tough and everybody is in psychic and spiritual discomfort of some sort and has a burden to carry. I've realised I'm not special.

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I think reviewers are sexist... This isn't to sound bitter, but I think you're more likely to get a critical kicking if you're a woman. I just think that's a fact. I really think less value is put in general on women's voices, across the board.

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When I first met my husband, he had a very good job - company car, pension plan, grudging respect from his staff - the lot. I, on the other hand, was badly paid and devoid of ambition. Then I had a couple of books published and confounded all expectations by starting to earn more than he did.

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People promise to stick with their spouse 'for richer or poorer' but it's the 'for poorer' part that causes the worry. The big shock is that the 'for richer' bit can also cause problems.

problems big worry people

At 30 I thought my life was over. I thought I'd have made something of myself by then, that life would somehow have made the necessary arrangements - but actually I had nothing.

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