Best Maeve Binchy Quotes
- Of course, I should have done what doctors said and walked for miles every day and not eaten great amounts of butter. But then, life… All
- I wore miniskirts in the days when no fat girls should have, and with total delight. Days
- There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge… Able
- I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperbacks. Lived
- We have to make our own happiness, and we have to make our own decisions and play the hand that is dealt to us. Dealt
- We asked our friends and relations to lend us their children, and, because we lived in London, children loved to come and stay for their… Asked
- Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them. Almost See
- Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world. Call
- Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look. Look
- We are all the heroes and heroines of our own lives. Our love stories are amazingly romantic; our losses and betrayals and disappointments are gigantic… All
- My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know. Best
- I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky. Big
- I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way. Almost Everyone
- I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain. Child
- The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you learn… Biggest
- I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I enjoyed working as… Anyone
- I have great family and good friends; the stories I told became popular, and people all over the world bought them. All
- I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my… Always Large
- I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if… Able
- I discovered that men were just like everyone else, really. They liked you if you were good-tempered and easy to talk to. And being a… Big
- I was the big, bossy older sister, full of enthusiasms, mad fantasies, desperate urges to be famous, and anxious to be a saint - a… Anxious
- My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else. Anywhere
- My mother hoped I would meet a nice doctor or barrister or accountant who would marry me and take me to live in what is… Accountant
- I am much more understanding of people than I used to be when I was young - people were either villainous or wonderful. They were… Bad
- I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes. Dealt