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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

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

I wore miniskirts in the days when no fat girls should have, and with total delight. — Maeve Binchy

Any one could write a book," said the taxi driver. " Yes, they could, but they DON'T," said Maeve Binchy — Maeve Binchy

In my experience ,lights at the end of the tunnel tend to flicker out . — Maeve Binchy

In my stories, whenever there's somebody wonderful and charming and bright and intelligent, that's me! — Maeve Binchy

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

Do you know the land where the lemon-trees blossom;where the golden oranges glow in the dark foliage'. — Maeve Binchy

Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look. — Maeve Binchy

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

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

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

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

Money doesn't make you happy, but it gives a zone of comfort around you. — Maeve Binchy

Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever. — Maeve Binchy

Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy. — Maeve Binchy

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

You can't marry an ungenerous man; there's no joy in his soul. — Maeve Binchy

You don't wear all your jewellery at once. You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice. — Maeve Binchy

The whole art of life is knowing the right time to say things. — Maeve Binchy

It was true what they had been saying: if people remember you, then you're not dead. It was very comforting. — Maeve Binchy

It's a funny old world. Once you realize that, you're halfway there. — Maeve Binchy

Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look. — Maeve Binchy

Who knows what light housework means? One nun's light could be another nun's penal servitude. — Maeve Binchy

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

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks. — Maeve Binchy

She soon called a halt to the work. Judy's great success was that she stopped her helpers before they got tired. — Maeve Binchy

He thought about how life never turns out like you think and hope it will. — Maeve Binchy

I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far. — Maeve Binchy

I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards. — Maeve Binchy

Writing is a bit like going on a diet; you should either tell everyone or no one. — Maeve Binchy

If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to? — Maeve Binchy

Her life was like her house - a colorful fantasy where anything was possible if you wanted it badly enough. — Maeve Binchy

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

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

I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperbacks. — Maeve Binchy

I'm an escapist kind of writer. — Maeve Binchy

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

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

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

I think you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand. — Maeve Binchy

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

That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives. — Maeve Binchy

He had not known it was possible to love a little human being as he loved Annie. — Maeve Binchy

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

I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer. — Maeve Binchy

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

Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world. — Maeve Binchy

A silly idea about a book of blessings couldn't really work. Not seriously. — Maeve Binchy

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

All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with. — Maeve Binchy

I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes. — Maeve Binchy

he must not know how much power he had to move her. — Maeve Binchy

I'm a great will maker. I've made my will every year since I was 21. — Maeve Binchy

If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.' — Maeve Binchy

No point in destroying Wednesday thinking about Friday. This one-day-at-a-time thing really worked. Friday — Maeve Binchy

You can't lay down laws for what people think and hope. — Maeve Binchy

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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

I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain. — Maeve Binchy

I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around. — Maeve Binchy

To heal would be to open the wound,examine it and forgive — Maeve Binchy

He called everyone sweetheart. There was nothing particularly special about it. — Maeve Binchy

I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot. — Maeve Binchy

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

home early, Liam? — Maeve Binchy

I have great family and good friends; the stories I told became popular, and people all over the world bought them. — Maeve Binchy

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

My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know. — Maeve Binchy

Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them. — Maeve Binchy

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

I've had a good life, full of more success and happiness than I ever expected. — Maeve Binchy

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

bowls of cornflakes, — Maeve Binchy

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

If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either. — Maeve Binchy