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Maeve Binchy
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“I wanted to be a saint. ... I had a very special relationship with God. I regarded him as a friend, and Irish, and somebody who knew me well. ... But I was hoping against hope that I wouldn't see a vision. People who saw visions very often ended up as martyrs; and although I was dead keen to be a saint, I wanted to be a non-martyred saint.”
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“He was a man who said sorry when other people stepped on him, which is what the nicer half of the world does ...”
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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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“... the whole art of life is knowing the right time to say things.”
Maeve Binchy, Irish writer, playwright, columnist, speaker
(1940 - 2012)
Full name: Maeve Binchy Snell.