Sometimes you simply needed someone kind to sit with you while you dealt with things.

—Gail Honeyman in Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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Gail Honeyman (born 1972) is a Scottish writer whose debut novel, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, won the 2017 Costa First Novel Award.

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Although it's good to try new things and to keep an open mind, it's also extremely important to stay true to who you really are.

—Gail Honeyman in Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn't spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say.

—Gail Honeyman in Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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