Category - Maeve Binchy

Discover the thoughtful Quotes of Maeve Binchy, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history. Motivational Quotes of Maeve Binchy
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Maeve Binchy

Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.

– Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

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

Maeve Binchy

I once got a huge, expensive flower arrangement from a person I didn’t like, who sent it out of pure guilt. It had a hideous bird-of-paradise in the middle, and I thought it would never fade and die. I hated it.

– Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.

– Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

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 half-term holidays.

– Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

We have to make our own happiness, and we have to make our own decisions and play the hand that is dealt to us.

– Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

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

Maeve Binchy

I remember watching myself on video and being so disappointed with myself because I was constantly moving around the place and laughing. I thought, ‘I must be so much louder than I think I am. From inside it feels fine.’

– Maeve Binchy

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.

– Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

If I see Marian Keyes’ books or Patricia Scanlan’s books given more prominence than mine in the bookstore, I’ll move mine to the front. I’ve told them I do this, and they’ve confessed to doing the same thing to me.

– Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

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

– Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. I’m an escapist kind of writer.

– Maeve Binchy

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