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“May you always have the best of all possible things and even things that are impossible,”
Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer
“But for the rest of her life she was not going to sit and take a back seat. She was going to take part in things, not just observe them.”
Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer
“she wept at the useless lives most people led and how little anyone understood about anyone else.”
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“The only point in living was to be needed, to be an inspiration, to be the power in something.”
Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer
“She knew she must keep calm. Nothing must be thrown away for the very unimportant luxury of losing her temper.”
Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer
“She had realized early in life that you got your way much more easily by smiling and thanking rather than sulking and crying.”
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“the undemanding shorthand of friendship.”
Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer
“Her mother thought her hair looked better like that, which gave Dara grave doubts about it. “It would look great if I had pierced ears,” she said without very much hope. “Out of the question,” Kate said. “I knew you’d say that, no debate, no discussion, just out of the question. It’s always the same.” “No, it’s not. I’m a magnificent mother,” Kate said. “Huh.” “I was just telling Fergus the other day how good I was. How I didn’t murder you and Grace when you wrote Maurice’s name on his shell with nail polish.” “We took it off with polish remover,” Dara protested. “But it might have hurt him.” “It’s a shell, Mammy. Next you’ll be saying it hurts the potatoes to dig them up, or the cabbages, and we’ll all die off like flies because you’ll be afraid of hurting things.” “I am endlessly patient. Fergus agreed.” “He must be bored to death, listening to you telling this litany of how great you are.” Dara was full of scorn. “No, he was fascinated.”
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“charm was a currency,”
Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer
“Bazen nasıl olur, bilirsin. Bazen hiçbir şeyin anlamı olmaz. Hiçbir şeyin...”
Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer
“İnsanların başkalarını kendi kusurları yüzünden suçlamalarını çok duydum.”
Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer
“Bazen nasıl olur, bilirsin. Bazen hiçbir şeyin anlamı olmaz. Hiçbir şeyin”
Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer
“May you always have the best of all possible things and even things that are impossible,” she”
Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer
“How”
Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer