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 never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“Nolan said his mother had got a bit better about things and that she had agreed to go away next summer for… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“Now when she had been hoping for a cigarette and a look at the paper she had to waltz this ridiculous nun… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
My mother was a trained nurse, and she'd tell me that patients would fight as they were administered anaesthetic, grappling to get… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
My father went to work by train every day. It was half an hour's journey each way, and he would read a… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
My mother hoped I would meet a nice doctor or barrister or accountant who would marry me and take me to live… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“It was different for him. Larry’s mother was long dead, his brothers and sisters scattered, his father a” — 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
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
