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Maeve Binchy quotes: I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky. I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time. I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I wore miniskirts in the days when no fat girls should have, and with total delight. I wore miniskirts in the days when no fat girls should have, and with total delight.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Any one could write a book," said the taxi driver. " Yes, they could, but they DON'T," said Maeve Binchy Any one could write a book," said the taxi driver. " Yes, they could, but they DON'T," said Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy quotes: In my experience ,lights at the end of the tunnel tend to flicker out . In my experience ,lights at the end of the tunnel tend to flicker out .
Maeve Binchy quotes: In my stories, whenever there's somebody wonderful and charming and bright and intelligent, that's me! In my stories, whenever there's somebody wonderful and charming and bright and intelligent, that's me!
Maeve Binchy quotes: I was fat, and that was awful because when you're young and sensitive, you think the world is over because you're fat. I was fat, and that was awful because when you're young and sensitive, you think the world is over because you're fat.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Do you know the land where the lemon-trees blossom;where the golden oranges glow in the dark foliage'. Do you know the land where the lemon-trees blossom;where the golden oranges glow in the dark foliage'.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look. Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.
Maeve Binchy quotes: The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up. The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.' I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'
Maeve Binchy quotes: Stop thinking like Alice in Wonderland, Celia told herself sternly. You're a grown-up, it's no use shutting your eyes, wishing things would happen Stop thinking like Alice in Wonderland, Celia told herself sternly. You're a grown-up, it's no use shutting your eyes, wishing things would happen
Maeve Binchy quotes: Benny explained that it wasn't her sweater. It was borrowed from a fellow. She wondered why she needed to tell so much to strangers. Benny explained that it wasn't her sweater. It was borrowed from a fellow. She wondered why she needed to tell so much to strangers.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Money doesn't make you happy, but it gives a zone of comfort around you. Money doesn't make you happy, but it gives a zone of comfort around you.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever. Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy. Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine ... and curry ... and cheeses. I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine ... and curry ... and cheeses.
Maeve Binchy quotes: You can't marry an ungenerous man; there's no joy in his soul. You can't marry an ungenerous man; there's no joy in his soul.
Maeve Binchy quotes: You don't wear all your jewellery at once. You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice. You don't wear all your jewellery at once. You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice.
Maeve Binchy quotes: The whole art of life is knowing the right time to say things. The whole art of life is knowing the right time to say things.
Maeve Binchy quotes: It was true what they had been saying: if people remember you, then you're not dead. It was very comforting. It was true what they had been saying: if people remember you, then you're not dead. It was very comforting.
Maeve Binchy quotes: It's a funny old world. Once you realize that, you're halfway there. It's a funny old world. Once you realize that, you're halfway there.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look. Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Who knows what light housework means? One nun's light could be another nun's penal servitude. Who knows what light housework means? One nun's light could be another nun's penal servitude.
Maeve Binchy quotes: God, Benny, don't blow your nose like that in the church. You'd lift half the congregation out of their seats," Patsy warned. God, Benny, don't blow your nose like that in the church. You'd lift half the congregation out of their seats," Patsy warned.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks. I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks.
Maeve Binchy quotes: She soon called a halt to the work. Judy's great success was that she stopped her helpers before they got tired. She soon called a halt to the work. Judy's great success was that she stopped her helpers before they got tired.
Maeve Binchy quotes: He thought about how life never turns out like you think and hope it will. He thought about how life never turns out like you think and hope it will.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far. I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards. I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Writing is a bit like going on a diet; you should either tell everyone or no one. Writing is a bit like going on a diet; you should either tell everyone or no one.
Maeve Binchy quotes: If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to? If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to?
Maeve Binchy quotes: Her life was like her house - a colorful fantasy where anything was possible if you wanted it badly enough. Her life was like her house - a colorful fantasy where anything was possible if you wanted it badly enough.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that. Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that.
Maeve Binchy quotes: It was quite possible that she had lost the capacity to love and care anymore and that this is how she was going to be for the rest of her It was quite possible that she had lost the capacity to love and care anymore and that this is how she was going to be for the rest of her life.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperbacks. I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperbacks.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I'm an escapist kind of writer. I'm an escapist kind of writer.
Maeve Binchy quotes: My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else. My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
Maeve Binchy quotes: But an intelligent man like you would know that to live in an unrealistic hope is a very foolish way to spend a life. - Lena Gray But an intelligent man like you would know that to live in an unrealistic hope is a very foolish way to spend a life. - Lena Gray
Maeve Binchy quotes: I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next. I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I think you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand. I think you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements. I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements.
Maeve Binchy quotes: That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives. That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives.
Maeve Binchy quotes: He had not known it was possible to love a little human being as he loved Annie. He had not known it was possible to love a little human being as he loved Annie.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. I'm an escapist kind of writer. I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. I'm an escapist kind of writer.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer. I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Listen to me, Ria. It will be different when you and I have a home. It will be a real home, one that people will want to come running back Listen to me, Ria. It will be different when you and I have a home. It will be a real home, one that people will want to come running back to.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world. Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.
Maeve Binchy quotes: A silly idea about a book of blessings couldn't really work. Not seriously. A silly idea about a book of blessings couldn't really work. Not seriously.
Maeve Binchy quotes: If you had your time all over again ... ? She was keen to know.You can't rewrite history. I have no idea what I'd do. If you had your time all over again ... ? She was keen to know.
You can't rewrite history. I have no idea what I'd do.
Maeve Binchy quotes: All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with. All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes. I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
Maeve Binchy quotes: he must not know how much power he had to move her. he must not know how much power he had to move her.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I'm a great will maker. I've made my will every year since I was 21. I'm a great will maker. I've made my will every year since I was 21.
Maeve Binchy quotes: If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.' If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
Maeve Binchy quotes: No point in destroying Wednesday thinking about Friday. This one-day-at-a-time thing really worked. Friday No point in destroying Wednesday thinking about Friday. This one-day-at-a-time thing really worked. Friday
Maeve Binchy quotes: You can't lay down laws for what people think and hope. You can't lay down laws for what people think and hope.
Maeve Binchy quotes: respectability with overtones of respectability with overtones of
Maeve Binchy quotes: Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives. Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain. I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around. I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around.
Maeve Binchy quotes: To heal would be to open the wound,examine it and forgive To heal would be to open the wound,examine it and forgive
Maeve Binchy quotes: He called everyone sweetheart. There was nothing particularly special about it. He called everyone sweetheart. There was nothing particularly special about it.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot. I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Wasn't it hard that you did so much for children and loved them so deeply and they seemed so indifferent to you in return? Wasn't it hard that you did so much for children and loved them so deeply and they seemed so indifferent to you in return?
Maeve Binchy quotes: home early, Liam? home early, Liam?
Maeve Binchy quotes: I have great family and good friends; the stories I told became popular, and people all over the world bought them. I have great family and good friends; the stories I told became popular, and people all over the world bought them.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way. I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way.
Maeve Binchy quotes: My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know. My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them. Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
Maeve Binchy quotes: Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life. Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I've had a good life, full of more success and happiness than I ever expected. I've had a good life, full of more success and happiness than I ever expected.
Maeve Binchy quotes: I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation. I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation.
Maeve Binchy quotes: bowls of cornflakes, bowls of cornflakes,
Maeve Binchy quotes: We have to make our own happiness, and we have to make our own decisions and play the hand that is dealt to us. We have to make our own happiness, and we have to make our own decisions and play the hand that is dealt to us.
Maeve Binchy quotes: If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either. If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.

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