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.

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

I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperbacks.

I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperbacks.

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 love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.

I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.

Maeve Binchy

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.

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.

Maeve Binchy

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 don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.

Maeve Binchy

I am much more understanding of people than I used to be when I was young - people were either villainous or wonderful. They were painted in very bright colours. The bad side of it - and there is a corollary to everything - is that when we get older, we fuss more. I used to despise people who fussed.

Maeve Binchy

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