Top 96 Quotes by Maeve Binchy

About Maeve Binchy

These are some quotes by Irish author Maeve Binchy Novelist, who lived between May 28, 1940 and June 30, 2012.

Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.

Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.

Maeve Binchy

I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.

I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.

Maeve Binchy

Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that.

Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that.

Maeve Binchy

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

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

I've had a good life, full of more success and happiness than I ever expected.

I've had a good life, full of more success and happiness than I ever expected.

Maeve Binchy

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

I don't say I was 'proceeding down a thoroughfare;' I say I 'walked down the road'. I don't say I 'passed a hallowed institute of learning;' I say I 'passed a school'.

I don't say I was 'proceeding down a thoroughfare;' I say I 'walked down the road'. I don't say I 'passed a hallowed institute of learning;' I say I 'passed a school'.

Maeve Binchy

I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.

I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.

Maeve Binchy

That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives.

That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives.

Maeve Binchy

I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.

I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.

Maeve Binchy

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