Maeve Binchy Stories Quotations

Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.

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.

Everybody has always loved eating in Ireland and the family always gathered around the table - which was also where all the stories were told.

The most important thing to realize is that everyone is capable of telling a story.

In Ireland every place you visit and every person you meet has a story. And they love to tell you their stories. Everyone is interested in everything; in a land of storytellers, you will never be bored.

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

In my stories, whenever there's somebody wonderful and charming and bright and intelligent, that's me!