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title: "3 Ducks Quotes By Maeve Binchy"
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> [I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/i-don-t-have-ugly-ducklings-turning-into-swans-in-my-stories-i-have/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/maeve-binchy-2785_ducklings_i-don-t-have-ugly-ducklings-turning-into_701311.png)

> [I don't think you're happier if you're thin or beautiful or rich or married. You have to make your own happiness. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/i-don-t-think-you-re-happier-if-you-re-thin-or-beautiful-or-rich-or/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/maeve-binchy-2785_beautiful_i-don-t-think-you-re-happier-if-you-re-t_1878806.png)

> [Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/women-who-start-out-as-ugly-ducklings-don-t-become-beautiful-swans/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8e/maeve-binchy-2785_beautiful_women-who-start-out-as-ugly-ducklings-do_2928904.png)

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## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/i-have-been-lucky-enough-to-travel-a-lot-meet-great-people-in-many/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

> [Nobody ever wins by the cavalry coming to rescue you. It isn't a question of you're happy if you get married, or you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/nobody-ever-wins-by-the-cavalry-coming-to-rescue-you-it-isn-t-a/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

> [“He had not known it was possible to love a little human being as he loved Annie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/he-had-not-known-it-was-possible-to-love-a-little-human-being-as-he/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

> [I couldn't have children, so that's the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it's not all that terribly bad. I count…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/i-couldn-t-have-children-so-that-s-the-bad-side-but-compared-to/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/listen-to-me-ria-it-will-be-different-when-you-and-i-have-a-home-it/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

> [I was the big, bossy older sister, full of enthusiasms, mad fantasies, desperate urges to be famous, and anxious to be a saint -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/i-was-the-big-bossy-older-sister-full-of-enthusiasms-mad-fantasies/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

> [My family life reads a bit like 'Little House on the Prairie.' I was big sister to Joan, Renee, and brother William, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/my-family-life-reads-a-bit-like-little-house-on-the-prairie-i-was-big/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

> [After my hip operation, I had to cut out butter, which I loved, and salt. I no longer eat desserts with lots of cream,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/after-my-hip-operation-i-had-to-cut-out-butter-which-i-loved-and-salt/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/if-you-had-your-time-all-over-again-she-was-keen-to-know-you-can-t/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

> [If I had my life to live all over again, I really think I would have been a fit person. Looking around me, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/if-i-had-my-life-to-live-all-over-again-i-really-think-i-would-have/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

> [I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/i-do-try-to-live-every-day-as-if-it-were-my-last-and-it-has-worked/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

> [“He called everyone sweetheart. There was nothing particularly special about it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/he-called-everyone-sweetheart-there-was-nothing-particularly-special/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/the-most-important-thing-to-realise-is-that-everyone-is-capable-of/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

> [You don't wear all your jewellery at once. You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/you-don-t-wear-all-your-jewellery-at-once-you-re-much-more-believable/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

> [“Her life was like her house—a colorful fantasy where anything was possible if you wanted it badly enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/her-life-was-like-her-house-a-colorful-fantasy-where-anything-was/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

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