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Maeve Binchy Quotes

Maeve Binchy quotes

Irish Novelist May 28, 1940 – June 30, 2012

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We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing in life, really. And I think we are all striving for it in different ways. I also believe very, very strongly that everybody is the hero/heroine of his/her own life. 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
I'll understand if you don't want me. But I will be heartbroken. You are all I ever dreamed of and hoped for. You are much, much more. Please know that I didn't think I was mean-minded. But I realize I am. I don't want you to put your arms around me and say it's all right, that you forgive me. I want you to be sure that you do, and my love for you will last as long as I live. I can see no lightness, no humour, no joke to make. I just hope that we will be able to go back to when we had... Maeve Binchy
It was so silly to try to define things by words. What did one person mean by infatuation or obsession and another mean by love. The whole thing couldn't be tidied away with neat little labels." - Lena Gray Maeve Binchy
We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing. Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy quote: "I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good..."
I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around. Maeve Binchy
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. Maeve Binchy
But an intelligent man like you would know that to live in an unrealistic hope is a very foolish way to spend a life." - Lena Gray Maeve Binchy
...And he said nothing. Just put his arms around her more closely as the whole heart clinic and their friends and relations danced to the music of "Hey Jude". Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy quote: "I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're..."
I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer. Maeve Binchy
An English journalist called Michael Viney told me when I was 25, that I would write well if I cared a lot what I was writing about. That worked. I went home that day and wrote about parents not understanding their children as well as we teachers did, and it was published the very next week. Maeve Binchy
I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and well fed and having a great time. They thought these letters were brilliant and sent them to a newspaper. So I became a writer by accident. 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. Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy quote: "If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your..."
If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to? Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy quote: "If you had your time all over again....? She was keen to know...."
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
Maeve Binchy quote: "All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will..."
All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with. Maeve Binchy

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