--- title: "1 Hope Pride Quotes By Maeve Binchy" description: "1 Hope Pride quotes by Maeve Binchy. Plus more from Maeve Binchy and more Hope Pride sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/maeve-binchy-2785_black-and-white_angela-was-being-reassuring-someone-must_2401805.jpg" --- > [“Angela was being reassuring. Someone must have been getting at the child. Wouldn’t you think they’d be delighted to see someone try to get on? Give some encouragement and support. But it had never been the way. “I do worry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/angela-was-being-reassuring-someone-must-have-been-getting-at-the/) [Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/maeve-binchy-2785_black-and-white_angela-was-being-reassuring-someone-must_2401805.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope-pride/maeve-binchy/#itemlist", "name": "1 Hope Pride Quotes By Maeve Binchy", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Angela was being reassuring. Someone must have been getting at the child. Wouldn’t you think they’d be delighted to see someone try to get on? 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