On the first day of school, my father told me I'd be the most popular girl and everyone would love me and… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around. — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I have been blessed with friends who do things rather than buy things: friends who will change books at the library, take… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“...And he said nothing. Just put his arms around her more closely as the whole heart clinic and their friends and relations… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I have great family and good friends; the stories I told became popular, and people all over the world bought them. — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
When my sister Joan arrived, I asked if I could swap her for a rabbit. When I think what a marvellous friend… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
We asked our friends and relations to lend us their children, and, because we lived in London, children loved to come and… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“he felt much better now that he’d shaken hands with the wife’s best friend.” — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
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… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“He had not known it was possible to love a little human being as he loved Annie.” — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
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… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“Listen to me, Ria. It will be different when you and I have a home. It will be a real home, one that people… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I was the big, bossy older sister, full of enthusiasms, mad fantasies, desperate urges to be famous, and anxious to be a saint -… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
My family life reads a bit like 'Little House on the Prairie.' I was big sister to Joan, Renee, and brother William, and we… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
After my hip operation, I had to cut out butter, which I loved, and salt. I no longer eat desserts with lots of cream,… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
If I had my life to live all over again, I really think I would have been a fit person. Looking around me, I… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far. — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“He called everyone sweetheart. There was nothing particularly special about it.” — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
