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 was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
We are all the heroes and heroines of our own lives. Our love stories are amazingly romantic; our losses and betrayals and… — 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
It was so silly to try to define things by words. What did one person mean by infatuation or obsession and another… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain. — 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
