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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

#called #cared #children #day #did

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

#grown-up #i #liking #parents #peaceful

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

— Maeve Binchy

#hero #just #look #own #story

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

#alive #became #brilliant #fed #great

Finally, I found a program that's put my troubles behind me. ↗

— Maurice Gibb

#finally #found #i #me #program

I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#buy #great #i #i am #i do

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. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#buy #great #i #i am #insane

I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#around #been #family #friends #good

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

— Maeve Binchy

#day #dwelt #each #forward #ills

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

#important thing #loved #meet #more #most