“Her life was like her house—a colorful fantasy where anything was possible if you wanted it badly enough.” — 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
My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I've had a good life, full of more success and happiness than I ever expected. — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“He thought about how life never turns out like you think and hope it will.” — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
Of course, I should have done what doctors said and walked for miles every day and not eaten great amounts of butter.… — 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
“But an intelligent man like you would know that to live in an unrealistic hope is a very foolish way to spend… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you… — 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… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in… — 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,… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“It was quite possible that she had lost the capacity to love and care anymore and that this is how she was… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“She looked nice, he thought, when she was being enthusiastic and cheering him up, she looked young herself. It was when her… — 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
