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Maeve Binchy Quotes

Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever Picture Quote #1

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 thin, or you get rich, because I’ve known lots of thin, rich, married people who are absolutely miserable Picture Quote #1

My mother was a trained nurse, and she’d tell me that patients would fight as they were administered anaesthetic, grappling to get the gas mask off their face Picture Quote #1

I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I’m right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy Picture Quote #1

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 we grew up Picture Quote #1

Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don’t put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn’t say in real life. Say someone cried - don’t say: ‘tears coursed down her face’. Take it nice and easy, don’t try to impress Picture Quote #1

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Women who start out as ugly ducklings don’t become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives Picture Quote #1

I’m particularly fond of boned chicken breasts with a little garlic under the flesh and cooked in a casserole for 40 minutes with a jar of olives, some cherry tomatoes and a spoonful of olive oil Picture Quote #1

As a memorial, I’d like a statue. Not of me, but a little modern statue, in marble or bronze, maybe of a bird, in a park where children could play and people going by could see it. On it, I’d just like it to say: ‘Maeve Binchy, storyteller’ and people could look at the name and remember that they’d seen it somewhere else Picture Quote #1

The whole art of life is knowing the right time to say things Picture Quote #1

I have been blessed with friends who do things rather than buy things: friends who will change books at the library, take a bag of your old clothes to a thrift store, bring you cuttings and plant them in a window box, fill the bird feeder in your garden when you can’t get out Picture Quote #1

I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky Picture Quote #1

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My family life reads a bit like ‘Little House on the Prairie.’ I was big sister to Joan, Renee, and brother William, and we grew up in Dalkey, a little town 10 miles outside of Dublin. It was a secure, safe and happy childhood, which was meant to be a disadvantage when it comes to writing stories about family dramas Picture Quote #1

I’m getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time Picture Quote #1

I didn’t get excited by weight loss, and since I was already happy being fat, I couldn’t see the point of it all. I’m 6 ft. and weigh about 18 st. or 19 st., but weighing myself is not something I do with much pleasure Picture Quote #1

I suppose, to be fair, I don’t miss the energy of youth very much - because I was never fit. So it doesn’t matter not being able to walk miles, striding the countryside, taking deep breaths and enjoying the scenery. That was never on my agenda Picture Quote #1

I’m an escapist kind of writer Picture Quote #1

Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look Picture Quote #1

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Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them Picture Quote #1

You can’t lay down laws for what people think and hope Picture Quote #1

The most important thing to realize is that everyone is capable of telling a story Picture Quote #1

I don’t think you’re happier if you’re thin or beautiful or rich or married. You have to make your own happiness. My heroines do not become beautiful elegant swans, they become confident ducks and get on with life Picture Quote #1

I think you’ve got to play the hand that you’re dealt and stop wishing for another hand Picture Quote #1

I’m a great will maker. I’ve made my will every year since I was 21 Picture Quote #1

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I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar’s love of learning for its own sake Picture Quote #1

I didn’t have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine and curry and cheeses Picture Quote #1

Happiness is in our own hearts. I have no regrets of anything in the past. I’m totally cheerful and happy, and I think that a lot of your attitude is not in the circumstances you find yourself in, but in the circumstances you make for yourself Picture Quote #1

If you write what you know about, you will always be on safe ground. I am very edgy and nervous about going into territories I know nothing about. That’s why you don’t find much high finance, group sex, or yachting parties in my stories Picture Quote #1

Money doesn’t make you happy, but it gives a zone of comfort around you Picture Quote #1

I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we’ve all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people can relate to my characters Picture Quote #1

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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever (Maeve Binchy Quotes) 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 thin, or you get rich, because I’ve known lots of thin, rich, married people who are absolutely miserable. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) My mother was a trained nurse, and she’d tell me that patients would fight as they were administered anaesthetic, grappling to get the gas mask off their face. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I’m right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) 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 we grew up. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don’t put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn’t say in real life. Say someone cried - don’t say: ‘tears coursed down her face’. Take it nice and easy, don’t try to impress. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) Women who start out as ugly ducklings don’t become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I’m particularly fond of boned chicken breasts with a little garlic under the flesh and cooked in a casserole for 40 minutes with a jar of olives, some cherry tomatoes and a spoonful of olive oil. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) As a memorial, I’d like a statue. Not of me, but a little modern statue, in marble or bronze, maybe of a bird, in a park where children could play and people going by could see it. On it, I’d just like it to say: ‘Maeve Binchy, storyteller’ and people could look at the name and remember that they’d seen it somewhere else. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) The whole art of life is knowing the right time to say things (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I have been blessed with friends who do things rather than buy things: friends who will change books at the library, take a bag of your old clothes to a thrift store, bring you cuttings and plant them in a window box, fill the bird feeder in your garden when you can’t get out. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) My family life reads a bit like ‘Little House on the Prairie.’ I was big sister to Joan, Renee, and brother William, and we grew up in Dalkey, a little town 10 miles outside of Dublin. It was a secure, safe and happy childhood, which was meant to be a disadvantage when it comes to writing stories about family dramas. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I’m getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I didn’t get excited by weight loss, and since I was already happy being fat, I couldn’t see the point of it all. I’m 6 ft. and weigh about 18 st. or 19 st., but weighing myself is not something I do with much pleasure. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I suppose, to be fair, I don’t miss the energy of youth very much - because I was never fit. So it doesn’t matter not being able to walk miles, striding the countryside, taking deep breaths and enjoying the scenery. That was never on my agenda. (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I’m an escapist kind of writer (Maeve Binchy Quotes) Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look (Maeve Binchy Quotes) Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them (Maeve Binchy Quotes) You can’t lay down laws for what people think and hope (Maeve Binchy Quotes) The most important thing to realize is that everyone is capable of telling a story (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I don’t think you’re happier if you’re thin or beautiful or rich or married. You have to make your own happiness. My heroines do not become beautiful elegant swans, they become confident ducks and get on with life (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I think you’ve got to play the hand that you’re dealt and stop wishing for another hand (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I’m a great will maker. I’ve made my will every year since I was 21 (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar’s love of learning for its own sake (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I didn’t have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine and curry and cheeses (Maeve Binchy Quotes) Happiness is in our own hearts. I have no regrets of anything in the past. I’m totally cheerful and happy, and I think that a lot of your attitude is not in the circumstances you find yourself in, but in the circumstances you make for yourself (Maeve Binchy Quotes) If you write what you know about, you will always be on safe ground. I am very edgy and nervous about going into territories I know nothing about. That’s why you don’t find much high finance, group sex, or yachting parties in my stories (Maeve Binchy Quotes) Money doesn’t make you happy, but it gives a zone of comfort around you (Maeve Binchy Quotes) I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we’ve all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people can relate to my characters (Maeve Binchy Quotes)

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