"I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people can relate to my characters."

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Source : FaceBook post by Maeve Binchy from Feb 07, 2012

Maeve Binchy

#Character Quotes #Loss Quotes #People Quotes

“A whole life can be shaped by an old trauma, remembered or not.”

Source : Lenore Terr (2008). “Unchained Memories: True Stories of Traumatic Memories Lost and Found”, p.13, Basic Books
“The countries made themselves independent from Spain, but only changed owners, who stayed in positions of power were the criollos, the Spanish descendants who were the new administrators of power and wealth in the country. And those families for generations have maintained themselves in positions of power. Latin America founded itself on everyone being equal, but in reality we aren't.”
“Kind messages, that pass from land to land; Kind letters, that betray the heart's deep history, In which we feel the pressure of a hand,-- One touch of fire,--and all the rest is mystery!”
“The thing that ruined your life makes you good at your work. And then you get rewarded at work, so you don't bother to fix it in your life.”
“Satiety depends not at all on how much we eat, but on how we eat. It's the same with happiness, the very same...happiness doesn't depend on how many external blessings we have snatched from life. It depends only on our attitude toward them. There's a saying about it in the Taoist ethic: 'Whoever is capable of contentment will always be satisfied.”
“Kids need to know more than just about unicorns and zombies and vampires. The rhetoric that's coming out is anti-black, anti-Mexico, anti-diversity. [Adults] definitely need to put it in context. I've talked to people who are literally struggling to sleep because they're anxious. Children pick up on that. Talk to your kid. Tell them, "this is what's bothering me." Explain that what's going on is unacceptable.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate.”
“And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.”

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