190 Quotes by Maeve Binchy

Stop thinking like Alice in Wonderland, Celia told herself sternly. You're a grown-up, it's no use shutting your eyes, wishing things would happen

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

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

To heal would be to open the wound,examine it and forgive

She soon called a halt to the work. Judy's great success was that she stopped her helpers before they got tired.

Writing is a bit like going on a diet; you should either tell everyone or no one.

Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen blühn, Im dunklen Laub die Goldorangen glühn.

do you know the land where the lemon-trees blossom;where the golden oranges glow in the dark foliage''.

In my experience ,lights at the end of the tunnel tend to flicker out .