Maeve Binchy Quotes - Page 2

• 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.

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  Flower, Bird, Guilt

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• 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.

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  Moving, Book, Given

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• Money doesn't make you happy, but it gives a zone of comfort around you.

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  Happiness, Success, Giving

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• No soy miembro de Fat Liberation, ni creo que la obesidad sea saludable. Pero sí creo que, en muchos sentidos, mi vida ha sido más encantadora y feliz porque siempre he sido grande.

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  Believe, Thinking, Healthy

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• 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.

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  Oil, Tomatoes, Flesh

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• I believed that old people never laughed. I thought they sighed a lot and groaned. They walked with sticks, and they didn't like children on bicycles or roller skates or with big dogs.

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  Perro, Niños, Personas

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

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  Skills, Mind, World

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• If I had my life to live all over again, I really think I would have been a fit person. Looking around me, I realise that the men and women who walked and ran and swam and played sport look better and feel better than the rest of us.

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  Sports, Feel Better, Men

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

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  Hands, Play, Decision

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• 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.

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  Fun, Memories, Home

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• I thought it must be desperate to be old. To wake up in the morning and remember that you were ancient - and so behave that way. I thought old people were full of aches and pains and horrible illnesses.

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  Morning, Pain, People

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• 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.

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  Loss, Weight, Excited

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

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  Children, Thrillers

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• I have great family and good friends; the stories I told became popular, and people all over the world bought them.

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  Good Friend, People, Stories

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• I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine and curry and cheeses.

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  Sweet, Wine, Teeth

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• 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

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  Silly, Mean, Trying

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• I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation.

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  Vacation, People, Insane

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• All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.

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  Inicio, Escritura, Personas

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• If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to?

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  Morning, Looks, Ifs

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

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  Childhood, Very Happy, Irish Writers

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• 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.

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  Life Is Too Short, Winning, Thinking

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• 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.'

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  Moving, Thinking, Laughing

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• 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.

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  Sex, Party, Writing

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• I couldn't have children, so that's the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it's not all that terribly bad. I count my winners rather than my losers.

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  Children, Sides, Loser

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• I'm a great will maker. I've made my will every year since I was 21.

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  Years, Makers, Made

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